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The Value of a Laugh

The Value of a Laugh

A short story

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Scott Dikkers
Nov 27, 2024
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Monday mornings, my allowance sat waiting for me, perched on the wood countertop next to that of my two brothers’.

My dad, the accountant, set out the coins in a perfect row. Alan, the eldest, got 30 cents. Martin, the youngest, got 20. I got 25.

I saved my quarters in a tin piggy bank for five weeks. With $1.25 cents, I could buy a MAD paperback book.

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