Bought twice
Tom carried his new boat to the edge of the river. He carefully placed it in the water and slowly let out the string. How smoothly the boat sailed! Suddenly a strong current caught the boat. Tom tried to pull it back to shore, but the string broke. The little boat raced downstream and soon slipped out of sight. All afternoon he searched for the boat but couldn’t find it. A few days later, on the way home from school, Tom spotted a boat just like his in a store window. When he got closer, he could see-sure enough-it was his! Tom hurried to the store manager: “Sir, that’s my boat in your window! I made it!" “Sorry, son, if you want it, you’ll have to buy it for one dollar." Tom ran home and counted all his money. Exactly one dollar! When he reached the store, he rushed to the counter. “Here’s the money for my boat.” As he left the store, Tom hugged his boat and said, “Now you’re twice mine. First, I made you and now I bought you." (Source unknown)