Making her money grow [short story]

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Part of The Young Citizen: The Magazine for Young People

Title: Making her money grow [short story]
Language: English
Year: 1937
Subject: Short stories, Philippine (English); Philippine fiction (English)
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Abstract: Last Christmas Rosa received fifty centavos from her godmother, and she wanted it to grow. Her mother suggested to put it in her bank, but her grandmother has a better idea. Rosa and her grandmother got a big basket of turnips, and sold it to the people who passed by in front of their gate. After selling, Rosa’s wish came true her money grew into seventy-four centavos.
Fulltext: Jam1ai-y, J .937 THE YOUNG CITIZEN 333 YOUNG FOLKS Making Her Money Grow L AST CHRISTMAS ROSA received fifty centavos ~~~"-:~--'--...L._.~'=~--~ from her godmother. "What shall I do with my money, Mother?" she asked. "Put it in your bank," her mother answered. "Will it grow to be a peso next Christmas'!" ''No, but if you save all the centavos you get, you may have even more than a peso after a few months." "Come, Rosa, I shall tell you how to make your money gtow." It was Grandmother. Grandmother whispered. something to Wanted Some Meat mouse," the mother said. "Catch a mouse, Mother? No! I am afraid!" "Fol'low me and watch," the mother ordered. The ~other cat curled herself up on the window sill. It turned its eyes away and kept very still. A little mouse soon crept up the vine that covered the window. Before the mouse could cry, it was held fast in the cat's mouth. Thus the little kitten had some meat that night. "Tomorrow if you want some meat," the mother warned, "you must catch your mouse." Rosa. Rosa smiled and clapped her hands. Grandmother and Rosa left the house afterwards. . Wpe·n they came home, they had a big basket of turnips. Grandmother put the basket on a stool in front of the gate. Rosa sat on another stool before it. She had a bowl of salt near the basket. . The children who passed by bought some turnips. The children who played about the place bought some and munched them as they played. The women who were go· ing home bought bunches of turnips for their children. In the afternoon, all the turnips were sold. Grandmother and Rosa counted the money. It was seventy-four centavos! "O mother! See how my money has grown. This morning I had fifty centavos. Now I have seventy-four centavos." "Yes, buying and selling things is a quick way of making money grow," Mother said. "Then I will make my money grow more and more while school is closed," Rosa said merrily.