Tom shouted. "We play tag and you're 'it'!"

Elijah looked nervous but nodded. He started to run after them but was afraid to actually touch them.

Simon stuck out his tongue and ran. "Elijah is sloooooow!" he sang.

Elijah blinked and ran faster. He tried to grab his arm and stop his running.

Simon stopped, but tagged Elijah back right away.

Elijah frowned and tagged him right back. He stuck out his tongue and grinned.

Simon tagged him again.
"Guys!" Tom shouted.

Elijah was about to tag him again but stopped. He looked at Tom. "Yeah?"

"This is dumb!" Tom complained.
"You're dumb!" his little brother commented.

Elijah shook his head. "No one's dumb. Let's play hide and seek instead."