Camilla was with her friends Joe and Marta at

the fun fair.

Suddenly she stopped, as a sign caught her
eye: Win a Free Laptop.
'Guys!' Camilla said, pointing to it.
'Aren't you already saving up for a laptop?'
asked Joe.
'Yeah, but it's taking forever,' said Camilla.
She walked to the raffle table, where the prize
laptop was on display.
Camilla looked around it, admiring it from every
angle.
‘Is it even what you want?' Marta asked.
'I'm sure it does! It's brand-new,' Camilla said.
'I'm going to buy thirty tickets!' Opening her
wallet, she fished out three ten-dollar notes.
'Thirty? Didn't you spend hours babysitting
those Carmichael kids to earn that money?'
said Joe.
'But I won't have to babysit them again if I win
this laptop!' argued Camilla. 'I'm sure no one
else will buy thirty tickets. I know I'll win!'
She bought the tickets and wrote her name on
each one. Then she handed them to the woman
standing behind the raffle table, who put them
in a plastic jug. The woman told Camilla the
drawing would take place in an hour.
Camilla kept checking her watch. 'It's almost
time,' Camilla said finally. 'Let's go!' She walked
purposefully back to the raffle table, with Joe
and Marta trailing her. A crowd of people had
assembled around the laptop. The woman
plunged her hand into the plastic jug, swished
her fingers through the tickets and pulled one
out.
'And the laptop goes to . . . '
Camilla held her breath.
' . . . Evan Lee!'
As Evan Lee approached the raffle table,
Camilla realised she not only didn't have a
laptop, but she was now several steps further
from her goal of owning one.