This book was created and published on StoryJumper™

©2014 StoryJumper, Inc.   All rights reserved.

Publish your own children's book: 

www.storyjumper.com

 In a small town, nestled snugly next to Lake St. Clair lived an 

eager young man, who loved nothing more than to hang out 

with his friends. His name was Michael. He was small for his 

age compared to his friends, but that never stopped him from 

having fun and doing whatever his friends did.                    

Their daily routine after school was to go to the corner store 

for pop and chips. However he had no idea what awaited him 

after school the next day when performing his daily routine 

with his buddies.

His friend Patrick, had sneaked in his classroom before the 

day was over for a quick chat with Michael. 

    “Are you ready to go to the store after School 

today Michael? There’s only one more hour left, I’m so 

excited,” said Patrick.

    “Yeah I sure am ready! I made sure to ask my mom 

for 5 extra dollars for the store today,” said Michael.

    “Alright Mikey, I’ll meet you after you get out of 

your class, then we’ll meet up with Conor,” replied Patrick.

When Patrick walked away, Michael wanted to double 

check and see if his “store money” was still nestled snugly 

in his sock. As he peered down to look at his ankle he 

noticed a bunched up feeling in that area. He lifted his pant 

leg to reach for his high cut sock, that he always kept as 

high as they would go up his shins, he unwillingly witnessed 

the sight of pure horror. His sock had bunched up at his 

ankles and the 5 dollar bill he had in his sock had vanished. 

Michael looked all throughout his sock with no success in 

finding the lost parcel. He then came to terms with his loss 

and came up with a plan. He would just act like he’s not 

hungry and lie. 

After school Michael met up with Patrick and another one of 

their buddies named Connor. “I’m so ready to grab some 

snacks, I’ve been going crazy in my head,” snickered Patrick.

    “Oh be quiet, I hope Nick doesn’t sell you any 

snacks,” replied Connor.

    “He will if he wants to make some money haha,” 

Michael chimed in.

    As they left the school, they were extremely excited 

walking to the store. Mike however was hiding how he felt in 

his head. 

    Approaching the store Mike Started to get more 

anxious. They walked in, and the dead silence came to an end.

“Hey Nick!” yelled Patrick.

    “Hey Nick!” followed up Connor.

    Mike however did not say a word. As they ducked 

into an aisle, they all three gazed at the assortment of 

goodies on the shelves. Connor and Patrick started to 

grab what they wanted. Flushed with excitement, they 

both proceeded to the counter to pay for their prizes. 

Mikey was erupting in a mix of emotions. His one buddy 

Patrick notices Mike's demeanor as he turned around after 

paying for his snacks. While Connor was jawing away with 

Nick, Patrick started to work towards Mike who looked like 

he saw a ghost as he gazed at the shelves of delectables, 

clearly lost in his head.

    “Mike, what’s going on man? You look terrible,” 

questioned Patrick.

     “I lost my money Patrick,” shamefully said Mike.

    “Oh my gosh, are you serious? Okay, okay. I have a plan. 

Connor and I already spend all of our money. So just grab what 

you want and put it in my bag. He won’t see, Connors talking his 

ear off right now,” schemed Patrick.

    Mike immediately thought about it. Two things came to 

mind. One, should I just do it? We buy snacks everyday he 

shouldn’t mind. Or Two, No, that’s stealing and that’s not right. I 

wouldn’t want someone to do that to me. After thinking it over 

for what seemed like a millennium, his hunger got the best of him, 

and he decided to pick option one. Patrick opened up his bag 

which only contained a bottle of Pepsi, and a bag of Doritos. 

Michael proceeded throw a bag of potato chips and a can of pop 

in Patricks bag. Without knowing it, Nick had seen it all while 

appearing to be occupied talking to Connor. 

You've previewed 12 of 19 pages.

To read more: