Cookie logic

"Mama, did you give me a cookie for lunch?" Ivan regularly asks me now that I've packed him cookies for lunch a few times.

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"Ivan, eat this banana," I said. "But I don't want a cookie," he replied.

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"Finish this meat and you'll get a cookie," Andy told Ivan to get him to finish his dinner, while Ivan was cruising around on his ice cream truck.

"No, you get a cookie after a banana or apple sauce," Ivan stopped the truck, thought about it and thoughfully responded. He is correct because I always give him an option of a banana or apple sauce, if he wants a cookie.

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"Can we bake cookies with a flashlight?" Ivan asked me as we were finishing kneading the cookie dough when the power went out due to a snowstorm outside. He even went to get flashlights for us.

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