An uncle and his niece make the same mistake.

I don't remember how old I was, but I do remember I still misunderstood many things about money and pricing of items in stores. Let's just say I was around eight years old, maybe nine. My father, brother and I went to a pet shop. I loved all the dogs I saw, particularly one- a dalmatian. Ever since I had remembered I wanted one, maybe because of the movie. I saw the price tag and was happy to see that it cost only $3. I told my father, "when I have $3 I want you to bring me to buy this dog". I don't know which is more sad, that I actually thought it cost $3, or that I couldn't even afford such a low cost. A shame to be a kid and not have that kind of money, (as if $3 is a lot). The true price of the dalmatian was $300.


Today, my mother watched over the girls. When she stepped out two go to the post office, she asked me to watch over Issabella. I called Alyssa to me however and gave her $1, and told her it was for candy. But then, that doesn't really buy today what it did when I was a kid so I gave her another dollar. With $2 then she left happy, but when she got to the store with "grandma" she told her she didn't want candy. Alyssa decided she wanted a toy instead, and so she chose goggles and a snorkeling tube. My mom bought it for her with her $2, except that it cost $8.99. Alyssa being so proud of buying it with her money "grandma" never said it cost more.


So two kids, make the same mistake. Misunderstanding the concept of items and their prices. Lucky for Alyssa her misunderstanding was much smaller in cost so she got what she wanted, I didn't get the puppy.