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"Billy count backward froht and then yelled, "Nine!"

"Great That's one number short of ten, but you were three days short of ten What number comes before nine?"

Billy's eyebrows furrowed as he pondered this question Using his fingers to help hione seven days with a dry bed"

Everyone applauded Roy reached into his pocket and pulled out the roll of dimes As he laid them on the table, he made Billy count the around the room like a bunny rabbit Roy pushed the dio my friend; seven dimes for your jar Now, doesn't the number seven sound a whole lot better than three?"

Billy nodded vigorously Slowly, he dropped the dimes into the jar with a twinkle in his eyes

"From now on, only count the days your bed is dry"

Billy s weeks, Billy continued to count only the days his bed was dry He went froht to nine Each successive week, the nu only dry bed days and no wet ones His jar was filling fast and Roy needed to obtain an additional roll of diress Billy had a mishap now and then, but eventually he went the whole month without an accident The jar was almost full

One day, Roy picked up the jar and it felt heavy "What are you planning on buying Billy, now that you're a rich ht hard on Roy's question "Buypole No, a horse" Billypole Oh, I don't know"

"Well, don't worry yourself We're going into town on Saturday and you can spend it any way you want It's your money and you earned it"

Roy and the Johansson fa Saturday, and Billy wanted to hold his h, and Roy worried the jar would get broken, so he talked Billy into storing it the canvas bag for safe keeping Just as they entered the town, one of the old brothels that closed well before the as currently under construction Having sat e was in bad shape and often Roy thought it should be torn down Today, workers were busy converting the brothel into a church