Bake-Sale Blues

Jesse, Milo, and Heidy had been planning all week to have a bake sale on Saturday. They had been so excited for the big day to arrive. Saturday arrived before they knew it. The table was ready. Jesse showed up bright and early with her homemade chocolate chip cookies. They were large cookies. Milo came next and he put his plate of cookies on the table. Heidy came riding up the street on her bike. She had her cookies in the basket of her bike.

They put up their sign and sat back to rake in the profits. Their first customer was four-year-old Sam from next door. He had a dollar to spend. Jesse, Milo, and Heidy unwrapped all the plates so Sam could take a look. To their astonishment, everyone had brought chocolate chip cookies! How were they going to be able to sell a lot of goodies if they were all the same things?

Milo was the first to speak. “What? I can’t believe this!”

Jesse said, “I told you guys I was going to make chocolate chip cookies. I didn’t know you were all going to copy me.”

“Copy you?” replied Heidy. “You just said you were making chocolate cookies.”

Milo added, “This is a disaster!”

“Relax,” interrupted Sam. “This isn’t such a big deal! Just change your sign. Change it to say nuts, oatmeal, or plain.”

The three kids looked at each other and grinned. Heidy went inside to a get a marker to change the sign.