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I Want to Buy a Computer
Game
Luis
was excited. The new computer game was finally in stores! He wanted it for a long
time. "The game is here!" he told his mom. "Can we go and buy it?"
"How
much does it cost?" Luis's mother asked.
"Thirty﹣five dollars," he answered.
"That
is a lot of money, Luis. Do you have enough to buy it yourself?"
"No,"
he shook his head.
"You
know, Luis, we have to use our money carefully. We have to spend on our house and
food. We need to buy clothes and books and the gas for the car. Our money goes to
things we need."
"But
I really want this game ! " answered Luis. "What can I do?"
"You
can get eight dollars a week for doing our house cleaning as a job," his mom
said.
"Try
to keep it. Before long, you will have enough to buy the game."
"I
do not think so," said Luis. "By then, all the games will be sold and
there will not be one for me."
"Try
it," answered his mother.
Weeks
later, Luis came home very happy. "Guess what, Mama? I did what you said I
kept the money for the game. Then I saw the
game was still in stores. Today I bought it for twenty﹣eight dollars."
"And,"
his mother added, "you did it with your own money !"