Aldrin was a sickly little fellow and didn’t play with the others very much. In fact, he usually didn’t do much besides sit next to his babysitter and hug her leg. But one day a terrifying turtle appeared, and he was motivated to climb high in a tree to escape the horror. Later that day when it was time to head back to camp, the babysitters realized that Aldrin wasn’t with them. They never saw him come down from the tree. Then the babysitters noticed that Ceceb, the leader of the group of youngsters, wasn’t around either. When they went back to where the turtle had been, they found Aldrin and Ceceb perched high in different trees. Ceceb’s tree was closest to the path, and he looked back at Aldrin, caught his eye, and then moved on to the next tree. Aldrin followed Ceceb from tree to tree until they reached the path back to camp. Though Ceceb had been looking back at Aldrin from time to time, when he got down to the ground he just scampered away, joining the rest of the group, with Aldrin following. Hearing this story, one might be inclined to talk about Aldrin’s fear, Ceceb’s understanding of Aldrin’s emotional state, and his desire to help. It would not be unusual to think that Ceceb was responding sympathetically to Aldrin, understanding that he was afraid and trying to calm him. Perhaps one might suspect that Ceceb’s sympathetic response was caused by an empathic reaction