"Vince," said Mom, "please do the dishes."
"I will do the dishes 1 you pay me!" Vince said.
"2 do you want for doing chores?" Mom asked.
"Washing dishes is $ 2 and cleaning my room is $ 5," Vince replied.
"I 3 . Let's start tomorrow," Mom smiled and said.
The next morning, Vince went to the kitchen 4 breakfast. He asked, "Mom, what do we have?"
"Sandwiches and milk. They are $ 6," Mom replied. "Give me 5 and you can take the food."
"What?" shouted Vince. He was really 6 at Mom's words. "It's not fair!"
Vince spent $ 18 on his three meals that day. He had to do chores at least for three days to 7 the food. He thought sadly, "How 8 those meals were!"
That night, Vince talked to Mom. "I really understand what 9 is now. I just want to say sorry," Vince said. "Now I know 10 should share the housework. I will help with chores from now on, for free."
