My Little Counterfeiter

Today, after Church, I hear Ethan fooling around with the printer in the office. I go in to find him copying a dollar bill. I thought that was actually quite clever of him, considering he really is too young to understand the moral, or legal implications. I figured he would copy just one and cut it out, so I hurried Ben in the office to check out his ingenuity, and then we let him be. Five minutes later I find him still in the office, with over 20 copies ( the kid was smart enough to copy the backs, too). When I told him he had to stop wasting paper, he told me that he had to do it because he needed the money. I explained to him that copying money and trying to use it would be like stealing and that people who do that go to jail. (Except the government; printing money with not gold to back it up. ). He decided he would use the money for fun, and to write stories. Whatever that means. On a side note, I was pretty impressed at how real a copied dollar bill looked!

***I'd like to take this opportunity to share a proud moment. Spellcheck found no errors in this post! Miracles never cease! Or my spell check is malfunctioning!