By David Weinberger
A boy can get particularly harassed whilst he wins $100,000,000 in a country lottery...and cannot inform a person approximately it.
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But my parents wouldn’t know that. They had no idea how much fish cost, unless you’re buying them by the pound. My only fear was that they (my parents, not the fish) would ask me what I paid for them (the fish, not my parents). I promised myself that I would never lie about the money. I didn’t want the money I’d won to turn me into a liar. I emptied the baggie into the fish tank and watched my rare and exotic new fish examine their new home. They didn’t seem to care at all. You’ve got to hand it to fish: It takes a lot to get them upset.
And then, after school, I went to the Small Lives pet store and got two fish I had been admiring for a long time but never even considered buying because they were way out of my price range. But my parents wouldn’t know that. They had no idea how much fish cost, unless you’re buying them by the pound. My only fear was that they (my parents, not the fish) would ask me what I paid for them (the fish, not my parents). I promised myself that I would never lie about the money. I didn’t want the money I’d won to turn me into a liar.
Mimi headed toward the door. ” I asked. “Sure. ” “No. I mean, I’m not sure. ” Mimi said, surprised at the sharpness in my tone. ” what they actually mean is, “Back off! ” But I actually wanted a minute to think. It’s hard to think when your friends are watching you. How do you sit in a thinkful position? How do you stroke your beard if you don’t have one? I felt them looking at me, wondering what I was thinking about. Of course, mainly I was thinking about how hard it is to think when people are watching you try to think.