Wheelin' and Dealin'

Reece(at a garage sale): "Um, um...how much do you waaaAANT (upspeaking) for this...these...um...these Scooby Doo books?"

Owner: "They're 50 cents a piece."

Reece(puzzled, as if the owner said something strange): "Oh! I didn't think you were selling them each one by itself since they're all in this box and we call that a collection."

Owner (after a restrained giggle): "Yes, I suppose it IS a collection."

Reece: "No, it IS. It IS a collection because they're all in one box like my Spongebob books and that's a collection too. So are these. So,.......how much for this collection?"

Owner: "Well,...that'd be two dollars."

Reece (frowning, and with a tone of disappointment): "Oh. I don't have two dollars. I only have one dollar."

Owner: "Hmmm. Okay, if you'd like them, I'll sell them to you for one dollar."

[Me, Toni, thinking, "Oh no. Here it comes."]

Reece: "Hmmm. No, thank you. I'm gonna see what else you have for one dollar."(owner cracks up)

Brandon: "Hey, Brudder. Don't buy dis car because it's 99 cents and it's only a Hot Wheels."


And the nuggets gained are:
1) At 3½ years old, everything is declared to be "99 cents" in Brandon's world.
2)And everything in Reece's 8 year old world looks tempting at a garage sale (that is, apparently, until he has to part with his one precious dollar.)

Toni