The Fifty Cent Bag

Zamfir Clara Mihaela

clasa a V-a C, Școala Gimnazială ”Nicolae Bălcescu”, Craiova
Prof. coordonator: Popescu Ioana Mădălina

„ I donˋt know what you heard about me,

But a pops canˋt get a dollar out of me.
I keep a Benz, some rimes, and some jewels
I told you fools before. I stay with my tools.”

Once upon a time lived in their small appartment an old man and his fancy wife. He was
kind and charitable, but his wife was not. She was selfish and all she ever wanted was to get rich.

The „crone” trained a crow to steal all the shiny items it saw around. Therefore the crow
kept delivering her jewelries: rings and bracelets, earings and chains, somethimes even watches.
Her husband decided to ask her for a loan to pay the rent, but instead of helping him, his wife just
played a song on youtube. These were Fifty-cent rhymes:

” I donˋt know what you heard about me,

But a pops canˋt get a dollar out of me.”

So pops understood that his wifw is selfish, rude and he will not get any money from her.
Then he decided to play his wife a trick... Crows are intelligent birds and could be trained easyly:
they have been known to use tools, plan for the future and recognize faces so well.

The man secretly started to teach the bird to pick up cigarette ends, paper and other things
people throw on the ground. He deposited all into a bag. When the woman came to see what her
bird brought back from her flights, the old man pointed her:

„Here is your fifty cent bag, my love..!”

The skimpy woman emptied that bag filled with rubbish and she was appalled. Smiling, her
husband imitated Fifty Cent :

„No more candy shop. This is all youˋll got!”

Titlul lucrării: The Fifty Cent Bag
Numele și prenumele elevului: Zamfir Clara Mihaela
Clasa: a V-a C
Școala Gimnazială ”Nicolae Bălcescu”, Craiova, județul Dolj
Prof. coordonator: Popescu Ioana Mădălina