subject: The Story Of $100 [print this page] Summers at last arrived, John eager to run home, he will drive and pay a visit grandma.
Grandma was German, grandpa is American, they together gladly living his. Grandma does not be familiar with English, only can talk German, besides grandpa and family, she is not enthusiastic to publicize with others. Of poorer quality, she had a torrent, sight very awful. Last year, grandpa died, grandma is averse to donate their living place. John and parents are upset granny, they don't know how lonely grandma future vivacity. To grandpa transacted mourning, John parents when wanting to grandma abandon a different ground deposit passbook and can be 100 dollars in cash.
See grandson, grandma was so blissful, she departes on basket thought: "I'm going to good buy your preference codfish." Then she went to the shelf, John saw the projection put a large put money, with zero have whole, grandma with all his money in hand and went out.
"How can deposit money on ledge? As long as the window opens, passers-by conveniently can bring away." John would like to. Grandma back, he let such as grandma put the money on TV ark.
The next day, grandma acquired things back, or the money lost in the picking on ridge, John again to help her ready.
The third day, grandma was still there. John understood this is habit, he by the way that money straightened. In sorting, he found a strange trend: grandma money enlarged! He remembered the first time when sorting is $468, can now three days passed; grandma bought scores of things, but money into a $500.
Don't grandma pocket and money? Her body should not creamy, increase money where you come from?
Evening, John met dad's telephone. Dad said he a few days ago verifyed grandma's account, found that take their grandmother never save money. Grandma hand when they left only $100 in cash, this for year how she living?
John took the father suspicion said again; grandma impassively looked at the bankroll said: "I don't know what's wrong, I can't bring in money from the bank, I also don't recognize us dollars, and I don't know what that's much."
John was very humorous. He decided to hunt my grandma once, distinguish her right how to buy things.
The next day, John softly strolls behind his grandma. Sure enough, grandma buy fruits unexpectedly took all the money and appear out, make fruit seller bring their money. John found fruit seller from grandma hand take a 10 dollar bill, but released back into two pieces of $5, he is equivalent to impound the grandmother of money! Next, he saw the state of affairs is almost the same and have not to receive money, and various grandma find grandma money.
John's eyes were wet with tears. He understood, this is all in a small town in supporting people stranded grandma!
John got mayor, thank person a year to grandma town of silent care. The mayor said: essentially, we're not to support her, but she was benefiting us. Town formerly also has Kingman kidnapping trend, since met on the watch Mrs. John after, this category of incident is not. We should be thankful for your grandma just rightness ah? "
