When they sold out, Mr. Van Der Lann and Hanny drove to Windmill Farm in the truck to bring more flowers.
“My, but the Brownies have made a lot of money,” Jane Tuttle remarked, jingling the coins in the cash box. “Shall we count it?”
“Let’s,” agreed Vevi. “You start on the nickels and pennies. I will take the dimes and quarters.”
The large coins were easy to count. Vevi reported very quickly that they amounted to ten dollars and forty cents.
Jane had to count the pennies and nickels twice. She kept getting mixed up.
“There are two dollars and a quarter in nickels,” she finally decided. “I think the pennies add up to a dollar and three cents.”
“That makes thirteen dollars!” exclaimed Vevi. “The Brownies are rich!”
“Thirteen dollars and sixty-eight cents,” corrected Connie who was better at arithmetic than her little friend.
Miss Gordon told the children she would take charge of the money for them. Sunny Davidson asked what the organization would do with the fund.
“Will we have a nice party?” she questioned.