Faivish, and the Sweet Deal,Fishel nearly choked right then and there. Half a million bucks for an old book?! ,Jolly Solly: Fishel, Faivish, and the Sweet Deal,Fishel nearly choked right then and there. Half a million bucks for an old book?!
F ishel was looking out of the classroom window wishing the English lesson was over already. He barely noticed the teacher passing out some handouts for the boys to read.
A glare from the teacher prompted him to pay attention. Much to his surprise the article in the handout actually turned out to be interesting. It was about a man who’d found an old dusty book in his grandfather’s attic. He decided to show it to an antique collector hoping it might fetch a few dollars. To his astonishment the collector greeted the book with great enthusiasm. He arranged for it to be sold at an auction where it netted the owner the extraordinary sum of half a million dollars. Fishel nearly choked right then and there. Half a million bucks! What an absolute fortune!
On the way home from cheder he told Faivish about the article. Faivish’s eyes almost popped out of his head.
“We’ve gotta find an old book to sell ” he declared immediately.
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