"Troll Sister," said Troll Brother. "Let's go to the store and buy some candy."
"Okay," said Troll Sister. "l love candy!"
Troll Brother and Troll Sister walked hand in hand to the Troll Town Corner Store. They both went straight to the candy section. Troll Sister saw some of her favourite candy, red licorice.
"Troll Brother, can I buy some red licorice?'' Troll Sister asked.
"Sure you can," said Troll Brother. "How much money do you have?''
"Let's see," said Troll Sister, digging into the pocket on her jeans. "I have $5.26."
"Where did you get all the money?" asked Troll Brother.
"The $5.00 I got for my birthday," said Troll Sister. "The 25¢ l got from Troll Daddy for cleaning up my room and the penny, I found that on the sidewalk yesterday."
"All I have is $1.00," said Troll Brother.
"I will buy you some candy," said Troll Sister.
"You will," said Troll Brother. "How come?"
"Because you're my brother and I love you," said Troll Sister, smiling.
"That is really nice of you,'' said Troll Brother. ''l wouldn't spend my birthday money on you."
"You wouldn't," said Troll Sister.
"No, I wouldn't,'' said Troll Brother. "If I had any birthday money, I would save it."
"What would you save it for?" asked Troll Sister.
"I think I would save it and buy myself a new baseball mitt,'' said Troll Brother.
"Troll Brother," said Troll Sister. "I'm not going to buy you any candy. Okay."
"But you said you would," said Troll Brother.
"I changed my mind,'' said Troll Sister. "I've decided to save my money instead."
"What are you going to save up for?" asked Troll Brother. "A dollie!"
"No," said Troll Sister. "Something really nice."
Troll Sister and Troll Brother walked home from the store in silence. Neither one of them bought any candy.
''Troll Daddy," said Troll Sister that evening after dinner when Troll Brother was upstairs doing his homework. "How much does a baseball mitt cost?"
"Why sweetheart?" Troll Daddy asked.
"I want to buy one for Troll Brother," said Troll Sister.
"They are about $30.00 or $40.00," said Troll Daddy.
''Oh," said Troll Sister. ''I only have $5.26."
"I see," said Troll Daddy. ''Well, I guess you don't quite have enough money, then."
"No, I don't," said Troll Sister.
"That is a very nice thing you want to do for Troll Brother," said Troll Daddy.
"I just want to get him something nice," said Troll Sister.
"I'll tell you what," said Troll Daddy. "How good would you be at helping me clean out the garage tomorrow?"
''Sure I could do that," said Troll Sister.
"Alright,'' said Troll Daddy. "You help me tomorrow morning and then I'll help you buy Troll Brother a baseball mitt."
"Okay," said Troll Sister. "You have a deal!"
Troll Sister went upstairs to her bedroom. She saw Troll Brother's bedroom light oh and went into his room. Troll Brother was looking at a catalogue.
"What are you looking at?" asked Troll Sister.
''Just baseball mitts," said Troll Brother.
"What one is your favourite?" asked Troll Sister.
"This one," said Troll Brother, pointing to the one he liked the most.
"Well good night,'' said Troll Sister.
"Good night," said Troll Brother, not moving his eyes from the catalogue.
Troll Sister could barely sleep that night. She was so excited about getting Troll Brother a baseball mitt.
"You're up early this morning," said Troll Motber, when Troll Sister came down the stairs at 7:00 a.m. The next morning.
"Where is Troll Daddy?" asked Troll Sister.
"He's in the garage waiting for you," said Troll Mother. "By the way, that is a very nice thing you are doing for Troll Brother."
''Thank you," said Troll Sister.
Troll Sister worked hard with Tioll Daddy all morning. By noon, the garage was clean. Troll Daddy and Troll Sister went back into the house to get cleaned up.
"Troll Daddy, can you drive me to the Troll Park ?" asked Troll Brother.
