nummary
[nuhm-uh-ree]
- of or relating to coins or money.
- dealing in coins or money.
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Bobby
looked at the coin with wide-eyed awe.
It was big, shiny, and was more wealth in one place than he had ever had;
a whole quarter. He looked up at the man
who had been so generous as to give him the precious coin. Uncle Tom smiled at Bobby and said.
“Now this
is a secret between us, okay, Bobby? Don’t
go telling your mom and dad, got it?” The towering man said with a smile and a
wink.
“Okay, I
won’t.” Bobby replied. His wide eyes fell
back to the quarter.
“Good
man.” Uncle Tom ruffled Bobby’s hair and went off.
Bobby’s parents
stood far enough away that he could not imagine they knew what had just
happened. Besides, it was a secret, so
there was no way they knew that their son held so much money in his hands.
He ran
off, further into the house. He needed to
find a way to store the quarter where it would be safe. He had heard about piggy banks, but he did
not have one. In fact, he did not have a
bank of any shape, piggy or otherwise. He
would need to really think about a good hiding place. He dashed into his room and looked around.
Maybe he
could hide it under the bed? He had lots
of things under there, so he could leave it there without anyone knowing. But then, if it was there, he might not be
able to get to it either, and that would be bad. Maybe he could hide it in one of his
toys? A bunch of them were empty inside,
and could probably be opened if he really tried. Some of them were even made to be opened. His
train and race car were both good. Both of them could open easy enough, and
were big enough inside to hide the quarter.
Plus, since he was the only one who played with them, nobody else would
find it.
Bobby immediately
got his racecar out of its place in his toy box. Its bright red plastic and yellow stripes
were easy to find, so he would never lose it, and the quarter. He popped it open, seeing the smiling figure
of the car’s driver inside. Bobby leaned
in and whispered to the driver.
“I’m
gonna put this in here, okay? Don’t tell
anyone. It’s a secret.”
Bobby
carefully placed the precious coin behind the driver, so that it wouldn’t get
in his way when Bobby played with the car.
It snapped shut and Bobby placed it back in his toy box. He smiled, knowing the secret quarter was now
safe.
Now he
just had to figure out what he was going to spend it on. After all, there was so much that could be
done with something as valuable as a whole quarter.
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Yeah, I don't really know what to say right now. So yeah, stay warm and all that.
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