Robert and His Piggy Bank

Cling! Clang! Cling! Clang!

“Sorbetes! Come have a piece of this delicious ice cream,” shouted the ice cream man!

“YEY!!!” chorus the kids.

“Mom! Buy me an ice cream!” says another kid. “Petra can we just skip that for now, you just ate sandwich and soda,” replied Petra’s mom.

“Mom, my playmates are eating their sorbetes,” Petra cried.

“OK!” Petra’s mother exclaimed.

“What about you Robert? Do you want some sorbetes?” Aling Martha asked her son Robert.

“Oh mom! Its ok I still have some money in my pocket and I don’t want to be spending on things I actually don’t need’” Robert replied.

“Waaaaahhhh Robert doesn’t have ice cream!” Robert’s playmate teases him. “Meh meh  meh meh, Robert doesn’t have an ice cream!”

“Come on Robert, I will buy you one,” said his mom Aling Martha.

“It’s ok mom, I already ate my lunch and I also made some sandwich at home,” Robert replied.

“So where do you spend your money that I am giving you every day?” asked her mom

“I buy water or juice when I already drank all the juice that I brought from home or I buy some candies as well when I felt like eating one. But I make sure I don’t spend everything I always drop a portion of my daily allowance in my piggy bank,” Robert’s long answer to his mom.

“Are you not jealous with your playmates, when they are eating candies, ice cream, drinking soda or buying some toys at Ms Bebang’s store?” asked his mom.

“Ma, I have sandwich, I brought with me my lunch and I have toys at home, I am also already full and I don’t need to eat all those every day,” Robert replied.

“Ok”, replied his mom.
Days and months have passed. Robert continued dropping a portion of his allowance in his piggy bank. He was able to fill up three large piggy bank. Robert is excited to count how much he was able save. Excitedly he broke his piggy bank open and counted all the coins.

“AHA!”, Robert exclaimed. “Its my mom’s birthday tomorrow, I think I can buy her a new dress! I will surprise her, she has been working all day and I think I can just simply give her something.”

The following morning, Robert woke up and as usual his mother is rushing cooking while doing the dishes.

“Mom!”, called Robert!

“What! Come on you’ll be late. And I will be late at my work too.”, she exclaimed.

“Just come here mom I have something to show you!” Robert exclaimed.

Robert’s mom rushed at Robert’s room very worried. When she arrives at Robert’s room.

“Surprise!!!!! Happy Birthday Mom! I broke one of my piggy bank because so I could buy you a gift!”

“Oh I love you my son! Thank you so much!” Robert’s my cried. “You saved a portion of your money so you can buy me a gift on my birthday, you should just buy some toys for yourself” she continued.

“Oh mom! I still have more don’t worry and I will just a toy when I already broke some of the toys,” Robert answered.

“Wow! You really surprised me Robert. I have a suggestion to you my son, let’s open a bank account for you so every time you filled up your piggy bank, let’s deposit it from there in that way when you need something in the future you would have something to use. Plus it won’t get stolen or lost because the bank will take good care of your money,” Aling Martha told her son Robert.

“Sure! I would love to do that mom”, Robert replied.

“Look mom I also bought a new bag and it’s my favorite super hero SUPERMAN”, Robert happily showed his mom his new bag that he bought.

Robert and his mom happily had their breakfast. After they had their breakfast, Aling Martha walked Robert to his school.

On their way to school, Robert saw his classmate playing.

“Wow! Robert you had a new bag and it’s Superman!”, exclaimed Alex. “Look guys Robert had a new bag!”

Robert proudly smiled to Alex!

All the children gathered around Robert to check on the new bag.

“I will ask my mom to buy me one too!” said another children

“Me too!” said another.

“Aling Martha, where did you buy Robert’s bag?” asked Marvin

“I did not buy the bag, Robert did and he bought me a dress too for my birthday,” Aling Martha answered.

“Wow! Robert where did you get your money. I saw that bag at the mall and its pretty expensive,” asked Greg.

“I am saving a portion of my allowance in my piggy bank so I can buy something when I needed something to buy. My mom also said she will open a bank account for me so I could put my money that I saved in my piggy bank every time it gets full,” Robert explained.

From then on, Robert continued saving a portion of his allowances in his piggy bank and every time it gets filled up, his mother accompanies Robert in the bank.

Also, his classmates’ gets so inspired since Robert can buy expensive things by simply saving a portion of their allowance in their own piggy bank.

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