“It’s beautiful,” my mother said when I pointed it out to her,“What a neat basket.”
I tried to hold off at first.I played it cool for a short while.But then I guess I couldnt stand it any longer:“Mom,please can I please,please get it? Ill do extra chores for as long as you say.I’ll do anything,but I need that basket.I love that basket.Please,Mom.Please?”
I was desperate.
“You know,” she said,gently rubbing my back while we both stared at what I believed was the coolest thing ever,“If you save up you could buy this yourself.”
“By the time I make enough it’ll be gone!”
“Maybe Roger here could hold it for you,” she smiled at Roger,the bike guy.
“He cant hold it for that long,Mom.Someone else will buy it.Please,Mom,please?”
“There might be another way,”she said.
And so our paying plan unfolded.My mother bought the beautiful basket and put it safely in some hiding place I couldnt find.Each week I eagerly counted my growing saving increased by extra work here and there (washing the car,helping my mother make dinner,delivering or collecting things on my bike that already looked naked__ without the basket in front).And then,weeks later,I counted,re-counted and jumped for joy.Oh,happy day! I made it! I finally had the exact amount wed agreed upon...
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