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Anything Is Possible (4)
by Spot Kids

Gertie couldn't believe her luck. She had just left Josh's house with her dog Thurber. They lived across the alley from each other and had been friends since she moved there in 2001 when she was five and Josh was six. She decided to take the sidewalk around to her street so she didn't have to go past the old shed. The old shed had long ago lost its paint. It's windows were all painted over. And although there was no reason to be afraid, it gave her the creeps.

She turned the corner and there it was on the sidewalk. Had someone lost it? It was a shiny green $100 bill. Where did it come from? Just then the wind came up and it started to blow it away.

Gertie couldn't believe it. She wasn't even sure it was real money. It was kind of folded up and and looked too new. Thurber saw the bill start to blow away and lurched forward pulling Gertie along. She ran and stomped on it right before it started to blow again into the street. She stood on Thurber's leash with one foot and carefully reached for the money under her other foot. The bill was carefully folded and very new looking.

As she unfolded it, there was another piece of cardboard inside the folded bill. It was a basketball ticket. Who had dropped it there and how could she give it back? And why was it wrapped inside money?

Gertie ran home with the money and ticket in her fist, Thurber excited at the prospect of getting to run. To his disappointment, Gertie ran up to the house, inside, slammed the door, and let go of his leash. Then she ran to her room and flipped on the desk light. She wanted to get a better look at the money and ticket. She opened her desk drawer and found the magnifying glass that she used when she and her dad worked on her stamp collection.

Yup, the money did seem a little too shiny and crisp. She knew why the ticket was inside the bill. It was wrapped up in the money because come to find out the $100 bill was fake. Even though she had never seen a $100 bill, she could tell this wasn't real. But what about the ticket?



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