Joey was so excited he could hardly wait to get to the store. He walked so fast that his sister Beth had to run. " Do you have to hurry like that?" she puffed. On his way from school he had seen that baseball cap in Rogers' store window. Only a dollar, and this was the last cap! Joey had looked at the cap a long time. He wanted it more than anything. Every boy at school had one.
Joey thought of his piggy bank, into which he put every coin for running errands (差使) for his family and neighbors.
Joey raced home, not stopping for anything. He held the fat iron pig, opened it carefully, and poured out the coins. Ten. . . twenty. . . thirty. . . ninety cents. If only he had one more dime (一角硬币)!
Lost in thought, Joey stared out the window. " What' s wrong, Joey?" asked Mother. Joey told about the money and the cap. " If you give me what you have, I' ll add a dime," Mother said, handing him a dollar bill. " I' ll have some errands for you tomorrow. "
Joey jumped up. " Oh, thanks, Mom. That' s great! " And away went Joey and Beth to the store with the dollar bill in Joey' s pocket.
They turned the last corner. Ahead was a group of boys and girls, talking heatedly and looking down at the sidewalk.
One of the children was Ronny, a new boy who had been in this town only a short time. Ronny' s father had been sick, so there wasn' t much money for extras -- like baseball cap.
" What' s the matter?" Beth asked, anxiously.
" It' s Ronny, " answered Susan. " He' s been working and finally saved up a whole dollar, and now it' s lost! "
Joey went over to Ronny.
" We' ll all help look. We' ll find it! "
" Ronny was going to get that last cap in Rogers' window," put in Billy.
" I wanted it a lot. I want to join them. " Ronny said slowly.
Suddenly Joey remembered how Ronny had watched the fellows playing baseball, his eyes lighting up eagerly as they shouted and ran.
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| Joey stared at the ground, thinking hard. Forcing a smile, Joey showed Beth the empty pocket. |
