"I don't care too much for money, Money can't buy me love." The Beatles

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Everyday on our way to school, my friend Dexter and I would see a couple of homeless men. They were dressed in ragged clothing and held out cups looking for spare change. I felt bad for them so sometimes I would give them my lunch. Once my parents found out, they told me to take a different route to school.

I told my parents how helpless I felt when I saw people who were struggling. "You have a good heart Bernie, but you have to be careful around 'those people.' There's really not much you can do for them." "But....." "You can't go around trying to save the world. Now go wash your hands. it's time for dinner." I felt so empty inside as I let the water run in the sink upstairs and stared blankly in the mirror.

The next day, as Dex and I were walking to school, a big gust of wind sent my baseball cap flying. We both went running after it. The closer we got, the further away the wind would blow it. Finally I was able to grab the hat as it blew up against a big rock. Great! Now we were going to be late for school. Wait a minute, what's that in the bushes?

"Look at this Dex. It's some sort of map." "Maybe it's a treasure map that was hidden by pirates" he replied. "We're already late for school. Why don't we follow this map and see where it takes us." "I don't know. We could get into big trouble." Dex was such a worrier. "C'mon!" I prodded. "Okay. Let's go for it!" He never needed much convincing when it came to going on an adventure.

We followed the map for a while but ended up walking in circles. "Guess we should head off to school now. Looks like we'll be getting detention for sure" I said. "Wait, did you hear that?" Dex asked. "Look, something's moving over there. Let's chase after it." It could have been a wild animal as far as we knew but began running after it anyways.

We finally caught up to whatever we were chasing and were shocked by what we saw. "Look, it's the guy from the cereal box!" I shouted. "That's me cousin Seamus. I'm Harrigan the Leprechaun. I suppose you want me pot 'o gold now?" "The chocolates?" Dex asked. "No! A pot of real gold coins. You lads are going to be rich. Follow me."

"There it is lads, me pot 'o gold. Well, it's all yours now. You can spend it any way you like. You can do whatever you want, go wherever you want, and buy whatever want. But will that buy you happiness? I guess that's up to you. Good luck lads." Dex and I had no idea what to spend our new-found fortune on first. But one thing was for sure, we were going to have the time of our lives.

The first thing we bought was a hot air balloon. It was amazing. We were so high up in the sky. Everybody looked like ants down below. We could even see our classmates outside for gym class. We floated up in the sky for a couple of hours. It was incredible being so close to the clouds. We could actually reach out and touch them.

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"HEART 'O GOLD"

Dan Mazur

A couple of friends are on their way to school when one of them has his ball cap blown off. They chase down the hat only to find a map. The map takes them in a circle until they see something running in the woods. What they find will change their lives and possibly the lives of others.

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