Friday, April 28, 2006

The Girls that Liked to Read

Once upon a time on a summer day there were two little girls and they liked to read a lot. One day they couldn’t find a book to read or anything. So they decided to see if they could sell some other things so that they could get some money to get a book. They decided to have a lemonade stand. They had it when the park opened. They lived near the park. Lots of people were at the park. So they came to the lemonade stand. They bought so much lemonade that one of the girls had to go into the house to get more lemonade. Everybody wanted it. She decided to bring out the lemonade machine. That way they could make more lemonade without going back in. They sold all the lemonade! They decided to see how much money they had so that they could buy a big book that they wouldn’t finish in one or two days. That way they could keep reading without buying something new. They had about ten dollars! Their mom worked at a bookstore. They went to the bookstore that their mom worked at and bought a big book that they liked. It was about flowers. When they went up to their mom, they had too much money, so their mom gave them back a little. The book was only six dollars. How much money did they get back? The End
-by Danya

(Based on the painting “The Reading” by Renoir)