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The Lucky Penny

By Evan S

Based off the story //The Great Pumpkin Switch// By Megan McDonald

Epilog

“Me and Otto paid the potato man his twenty cents the very next day. Pennies came out of that apple butter all bright shiny as new. I even kept one for a lucky penny. Carried it in my pocket for the longest time,” grandpa told his grand children.

“Do you still have it, Grandpa?”

“Can we see it, Grandpa?”

“That’s another story for another day.”

“Tell us the story Grandpa, about the penny,” said the grandson.

“Yeah,” said the granddaughter.

“Okay, now get cozy cause this will be a fun story,” said Grandpa.

“Rosie had won all the patches that she had wanted from the pumpkin that we replaced for Old max. She never found out about the pumpkin. When we stirred the butter we got the 20¢ and I kept one for myself.”

“Grandpa we know that you kept one for yourself you told us in the last story.” Said the granddaughter.

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"Your welcome." I said.

I went back home and put the penny on my desk and went to eat dinner I came back and saw my sister with the penny.