There I was jejely playing with my toys o.
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And having a fantastic time with my friends.
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That’s how my mom said she was going to the market and I jumped up to do follow follow.
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When she told me to ‘go and wear your shoe’, I was like:
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Long story short, I followed her to the market o.
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When we finished parading the length and breadth of the market, we finally got better trader.
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She calculated our goods and it was time for us to pay, when my mom asked “Where’s the money?”
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By this time my heart was already beating very fast, but I managed to ask ‘erm, what money ma?’
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Apparently she had knotted the money in my scarf.
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And me I just saw one yamma yamma knot and loosened it on the way to the market.
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My mom was so mad, she was actually shaking!
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People were now begging her not to beat me in the market.
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When we got home, she beat…… let’s not talk about that one here.
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Later, a neighbor and friend was now gisting me about how people were picking someone’s missing money on the road in front of her house.
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