The Fancy Box

(Saturday morning at the fruit stall on Green Street.)

Ivy: Morning, Elsa! These strawberries are new.

Elsa: Are they sweet?

Ivy: Very sweet. Try one.

(Elsa eats a strawberry.)

Elsa: Mmm. Delicious. How much is that big box?

Ivy: Ten dollars. That's the fancy box. It has a birthday card on it.

Elsa: Ten dollars! It's a present for my mother. Her birthday is today.

Ivy: Then take these two small boxes. Eight dollars. It's my Saturday deal.

Elsa: Two boxes for eight dollars?

Ivy: Yes. And more strawberries.

Elsa: OK! Here's a ten-dollar bill.

(Ivy gives Elsa two dollars change. Then she takes the card from the big box and puts it on the small boxes.)

Elsa: Oh! Now they're fancy too.

Ivy: Happy birthday to your mother!