____ __ __ ___ ____ ______ / __/ \ / | _ \ | _ \_ _| \__ \ , ^ , | _ \| _ / | | /____/_|\_/|_|_| \_|_| \_\ |_| -by Shel Silverstein .---------------. My dad gave me one dollar bill |$1 ~~~~~~~~~ $1| 'Cause I'm his smartest son, |S o (0) o S| And I swapped it for two shiny quarters |$1 __==^==__ $1| 'Cause two is more than one! `---------------' .-""-. And then I took the quarters ( 25 ) .-""-. And traded them to Lou `-..-' ( 25 ) For three dimes-- I guess he don't know `-..-' That three is more than two! Just then, along came old blind Bates __ __ And just 'cause he can't see (10) __ (10) He gave me four nickels for my three dimes, "" (10) "" And four is more than three! "" .-. .-. ( 5 ) ( 5 ) And I took the nickels to Hiram Coombs '-' .-. '-' Down at the seed-feed store, ( 5 ) .-. And the fool gave me five pennies for them, '-' ( 5 ) And five is more than four! '-' ,., ,., And then I went and showed my dad, ( 1 ) ,., ( 1 ) And he got red in the cheeks `"` ( 1 ) `"`,., And closed his eyes and shook his head-- ,.,`"` ( 1 ) Too proud of me to speak! ( 1 ) jgs `"` `"`