“Give me a dollar,” said Bobby. “Then we’ll each have two dollars.”
Betty looked puzzled. Then she said, “Yes, that is right. Here is a dollar. Now you have two dollars and I have two dollars.”
“Mother, don’t we have enough to buy roller skates?” asked Bobby.
“I think you have,” answered Mother. “How much do you have in all?”
“I have two dollars and fourteen cents,” said Betty.
“That is just what I have,” said Bobby.
“I think we can get good skates for that price,” said Mother. “We will go to the hardware store this afternoon. You may buy roller skates.”
If I’d as much money as I could tell,
I never would cry, “Old clothes to sell!