chapter one nessie Five dollars please said Maddy Five dollars please said Maddy The man gave Maddy a ten-dollar The bill She pulled a five out of the money box and gave it to the man Then she placed his ten inside Thanks he said He passed the vanilla cupcakes with rainbow sprinkles to his kids I have this for your dog Maddy held up a biscuit Can I give it to him 4
Sure said the man Maddy knelt down and held out the biscuit to the chubby pug The dog gobbled it down He jumped into Maddy’s arms and licked her face 5
Maddy laughed She wished she could have a dog or any kind of pet But she’d never been able to convince her parents Pokey no said one of the kids and dragged the dog off her The family waved and walked away through the park Maddy stood up and opened the money box I’m going to count the money again Mom can you help me I don’t want the wind to blow it away Coming said Mom She was reading a magazine in a lawn chair 6
Maddy counted the bills and coins into Mom’s hand Forty-five dollars she said and seventy-five cents That’s great said Mom But don’t get too excited Remember This is for school not me Mom had told her that about five thousand times Maddy didn’t care that the money wasn’t for her She didn’t really need it She had enough to buy ice cream once in a while And she usually got money for her birthday that she spent on something special 7
