The five dollar bill

Hi my name is Lily and I am ten years old. This morning my parents gave me a five dollar bill because I babysat my little sister for an hour last week. She is a terror sometimes especially when you are the one putting her to bed so I probably should have gotten more, but I take what I can get. Money is money in my book. Which is not a thing, so maybe Money is money in my imaginary book. Yeah, that makes more sense. But back to the subject. Now you might be thinking 'Lily that is not that big of a deal'. But it is. You know why? Because I'm broke. Completely and totally broke. Not A penny in my pocket, until now. I also already have something to spend my money on. There is this big chocolate company that releases a new flavor every week and this week it's Mermaid Surprise! One pack is only five dollars, so that's what I plan to spend my money on. "Mom, Dad I'm going to candy for cuties!" No answer. Meh I'll just text them. I turn my phone on and quickly text them. And I wait. My parents have this stupid rule that they have to text back before I can go anywhere. I quick text from mom telling me to have fun and not to talk to strangers. Once I am all ready to go, I walk out the door and start the five minute walk. I wonder what Mermaid Surprise tastes like? I fantasize the flavours. Blue rapsberry because of the ocean? Maybe I can even have a sleepover with all of my friends and we can eat it together. That would be awesome! We also all love this company, so it would be quite perfect. I see the shop (probably because it's so colorful) and run the rest of the way. I open the brightly colored door and walk in, the smell of candy filling my nose. I look around and spot a sign for the the chocolate section. I quickly walk to the chocolate section. Oh, I hope they aren't out! I see a box on the shelf. Mermaid Surprise! I grab it. I hold the box up to my nose and inhale the smell. Coconuts, Sea Salt, and Blue Rapsberry. I bet there are multiple types of chocolates in here. Maybe even a pineapple flavored one! I am so lucky, that was the last box. I walk up to the couter to pay. "Good choice. That will be five dollars," the lady behind the counter says, smiling at the box of chocolates in her hand. She starts talking about how she was a little girl when this company started and how it was her favorite. I put my hand into my pocket to grab the money. I feel around, but it's not there! "I'm sorry, I must have left my money at home. I'll go grab it," I say, hoping my fake smile looks real. She smiles and nods. I panic. Where could the money have gone! I run out of the shop and all of the way home. When I get to my house, I look everywhere. I even go into my mom's office. I tear the place up (my mom is not happy about that). I retrace my steps all the way back to the candy shop. I walk to the florist shop next door. I open bouquets to check if the money flew into there. When the florist sees what I am doing she chases me out, yelling about how much of a mess there is. I get away from there quickly ( she has dogs and they are not always nice). Next I go to the toy store. It is a stand set up outside. I throw toys around searching for the money. I see the owner of the stand walking over to me, an angry expression on his face. A few minutes later ( after a long lecture on respecting peoples property) I got thrown out of there. I look all over town; I got thrown out of a lot of places for doing stuff like going into the employee only room trying to find the money. When I finish looking everywhere. I look at my town. Stuff is thrown everywhere, people are angry. I realize I've caused a lot of chaos and destruction. I run out of there before anyone catches me. But one of the florists dogs (she has three) starts chasing me, barking loudly. I climb up a tree. The dog loses intrest and walks away. I sit down. Crunch! UH OH! I look down and realize I've just sat on a bird's nest! Luckily, I narrowly missed the egg. That would not have been good if I sat on both the nest and the egg. I guess the crack must have been a stick in the nest. But the bird flying towards me does not look happy. She starts pecking my. Hard. Have you ever been pecked by a bird? It really hurts. I climb out of the tree as fast as I can and run home. When I get home I open and close the door quietly but somehow my mom know I'm home. Does she have supersonic hearing and eyes in the back of her head? She asks me to go up to where she is, upstairs. "Everyone in town was telling me what you did today,"My mom says. I put my hands in my pockets and put my head down so I look ashamed. She keeps lecturing me, but I'm not listening. I feel something in my pocket. I feel the familiar crinkly paper feeling. It's my five dollar bill! Guess I should have checked both pockets. Oh well, Mermaid Surprise here I come.I'm getting all exited about buying the candy. I'm about to run right out of the room and to the candy shop. And then I hear the words "You're grounded." DANG IT! Guess there's always next week.

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