The other day Phil was sorting some coins to be rolled. Nora helped and apparently she was quite helpful -- sorting, counting, and paying a lot of attention to the task. So when they were done, Phil gave Nora the leftover pennies -- about seventeen cents or so. This delighted Nora. It delighted Nora so much that she gave Phil a dollar bill from her piggy bank to pay him for the pennies.
PHIL: I can't take this, munchkin. It's worth a lot more than your pennies.
NORA: But I want to give it to you!
PHIL: And I wanted to give you the pennies for helping me. They're yours. You don't need to pay me for them.
NORA: That's okay! I want you to have the dollar!
PHIL: Nora, this dollar bill is worth one hundred of those pennies. You only have seventeen pennies.
NORA: I will make it up on volume!
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
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1 comments:
1. I did prompt her a bit to get her to say that. :)
2. If she were really AIG, she would promise to give Nathan the dollar when I wanted it, then promise Claire the dollar when she wanted it. Then, when they wanted their dollars, she would ask us for two dollars. (She would have eaten the first dollar.)
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