In playground this morning, I saw kids running in circles around the jungle gym. . . red shirt leading, followed by kid in yellow shirt, followed by the rest of the kids.
I thought about the pecking order of kids running: did they have any choice of what color shirt they would wear to playground?
RED for leader of the pack, YELLOW for second in command?
Or did parents have final say, depending on their hope that their son packed the gear to be the leader? Did the parent of the kid that chose the yellow shirt know that the kid that chose the yellow shirt would have the courage to hang back and support red shirt, until red shirt faltered, then yellow shirt could take over for the win ?