Grasping

In the beginning of the story a boy and a girl and a woman were playing and working around a hog named Gilbert. Throughout their time, and without noticing the other, each one fed Gilbert for the day. Vanessa takes it upon herself to tell how the story is going. When reading this story, she queries aloud after each of them realize they have fed Gilbert and Gilbert ate it all before becoming satisfied and napping, "Uh-oh. Will they be in trouble?" After reading the ending and realizing that each one had good intentions for feeding Gilbert, Vanessa commented, "It's all okay. They all know to check with each other next time. Gilbert's belly must be full. He's sleeping with a full belly because he ate so much." [chuckle] "That's hilarious."