keannu
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What does this "big drops" refer to ? candies?
15)One day I traveled to Mr. Wigden's all alone. I looked around slowly among the sweets and chose some chocolate beans, big drops, and colorful jelly babies.
I knew nothing of money at that time. ①[I would watch my mother hand something to people, who would then hand her a bag.] Slowly the idea of exchange entered my mind. Those days I collected cherry stones for a hobby and I thought I could pay for sweets with them.
One day I went to Mr. Wigden's sweet shop alone. ②[I chose a lot of colorful sweets and proudly put half a dozen cherry stones into his open hand.]
"What's that in your hand?" asked Mr. Smith.
"Cherry stones. Today something interesting happened in my shop," said Mr. Wigden.
"What happened?" asked his friend.
"There was a little boy who often dropped by my shop with his mother. Today he came alone and chose a lot of sweets. I asked him if he had money. He said yes and gave me these cherry stones."
"What did you do then?"
"I didn't know what to do at first, but his eyes said he really believed they were money. So I gave him the sweets."
"Why didn't you tell him they were not real money?"
"I didn't want to disappoint him."
15)One day I traveled to Mr. Wigden's all alone. I looked around slowly among the sweets and chose some chocolate beans, big drops, and colorful jelly babies.
I knew nothing of money at that time. ①[I would watch my mother hand something to people, who would then hand her a bag.] Slowly the idea of exchange entered my mind. Those days I collected cherry stones for a hobby and I thought I could pay for sweets with them.
One day I went to Mr. Wigden's sweet shop alone. ②[I chose a lot of colorful sweets and proudly put half a dozen cherry stones into his open hand.]
"What's that in your hand?" asked Mr. Smith.
"Cherry stones. Today something interesting happened in my shop," said Mr. Wigden.
"What happened?" asked his friend.
"There was a little boy who often dropped by my shop with his mother. Today he came alone and chose a lot of sweets. I asked him if he had money. He said yes and gave me these cherry stones."
"What did you do then?"
"I didn't know what to do at first, but his eyes said he really believed they were money. So I gave him the sweets."
"Why didn't you tell him they were not real money?"
"I didn't want to disappoint him."
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