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Work! Whaaaa! Worry! By Daniela

Sitting quietly looking at the television, Ana saw that new shoes were on sale. She thought that maybe she could ask her parents for money. “Mom,” Ana asked, “can I please have thirty dollars?”

“For what?” Ana’s mom asked, confused.

“Um, for a new pair of shoes because…”

“Does it look like I carry thirty dollars in my pocket?”

“But, Mom, please,” Ana pleaded.

“Don’t say anything. The answer is NO. If you want money, try earning it yourself.”

“What do I sell and where should I sell anything?”

“ I don’t know.You figure it out,”Ana’s mom replied, annoyed.

Ana started thinking of different kinds of jobs kids to do. Should I sell lemonade or sell brownies or even sell newspaper? All of those didn’t feel right to Ana. So then Ana thought more. Maybe I should … maybe I should babysit! Ana went to her mother. “Mother! I think I should babysit for Mrs. Gianna because she is going on vacation and is looking for someone to babysit her baby.”

“Fine, you can babysit Mrs. Gianna’s baby for the weekend if it’s okay with her.”

“Thank you, so much Mom, I’m going to go now to ask her now; be right back.”

Ana swiftly went out the door. Before Ana could knock on Gianna’s door she hesitated.

She thought, “What if she says no? What about the shoes I’ve wanted since thirty minutes ago? What if…?” Ana suddenly realized that she was thinking aloud to herself. Ana slowly knocked on the door, her heart beating rapidly every second she waited at the door for an answer. Finally, Mrs. Gianna opened the door.

“ I heard that you needed someone to, uh... to take care of your baby while you are gone in Florida for the weekend.”

“ Did you ask your mother yet? You know how you’re mother and I are good friends.”

“ I already told her and she said it was okay if you said yes.”

“ Fine, you can babysit my baby boy.”

“ Oh, Mrs. Gianna thank you so much! I promise I won’t let you down! She ran as fast as she could to her mother. Ana was excited to tell her mother the good news.

“Mom, she said yes!” screamed Ana. “ That’s good news, sweetie,” replied her mom, “make sure you bring everything that you need.” “ Okay,mom.”

Ana woke up early in the morning so she could go sooner. “ Bye, Mom, see you Sunday.” “Okay, sweetheart, see you soon too.” Ana raced to Mrs. Giana’s house and knocked as hard as she could. Mrs. Gianna opened up door and greeted her. “ How much are you going to pay me to babysit?” she asked. “ Five dollars per hour,” Mrs. Gianna replied.

Mrs. Gianna and Ana said bye to each other. After that Mrs. Gianna left. Ana fed the baby his baby formula and then the baby soon fell asleep. Then Ana fell into a deep sleep like the baby. After what seemed like minutes she was awoken by a loud cry. “ Oh my gosh, the baby!” she bellowed, scared.

She then went to check on the baby. Ana looked at the clock and saw that the time was 5:00 a.m. The baby smelled awful. “What did you eat, you smell disgusting!,”she cried.

She quickly changed the baby and tried to relax. Her eyes soon drifted to a deep sleep. Again another cry, but only it was 12:00 in the afternoon. Wow I never knew that I could sleep that much, thought Ana. The baby didn’t smell bad this time. She could hear the baby’s stomach rumbling like thunder. “ Are you hungry little fella,?” she asked.

The baby just gurgled as a reply. She made the formula and gave it to the baby. She sat on the couch, took the baby with her and started watching the Titanic, after the first ten minutes and got bored. Ana was wide awake by 10:00 a.m. She was still very tired after more than ten hours of work. The baby was sleeping so she decided to organize the baby’s room. Mrs. Gianna comes at 6:00p.m. Everything was a mess. Ana rushed to get everything clean, even the baby too. After thirty minutes she was done with everything. Mrs. Gianna came in and was surprised to that her house was all clean and right.

“I’m very impressed Ana, I should let you take care of Oliver for me more often.” “Thanks.” “Oh, I almost forgot to give you the money.” Mrs. Gianna handed Ana one hundred dollars. “ Mrs. Giana, you didn’t have…” “ Keep it you deserve it for your hard work.”

“Thank you.”

Ana left and shut the door happily and went home to show her mom the money.

“Look at all this cash mom.”

“Wow! That’s a lot of money. Now you can buy those shoes you’ve wanted.” “Nah! I think I’ll save the money for something else.”

“Okay. do what you want to do with your hard earned money.”

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