A government funded study collected samples of the best writing of 2,200 fourth and eight graders. This is a story submitted by one of the eight graders. (Washington Post @1999)

Millionaire

One dark and stormy night I saw Freddy Kruger, I thought so anyway. It was really my rich uncle Bob Martine.

I said, "What in the lord's name are you doing in Otterville? He said, "I came to give you a million dollars."

So I got it and left it in the Otterville Bank, for 10 years. I ended up with $2 million. I put half in Walmart Stock for 5 years. I got $3mimllion more. So in 10 years I had $6 million more.

I'm 37 now. I stayed in Walmart stock for 15 more years and now I have 20 million.

So I quit and retired to Las Vegas. After 5 years of gambling, I lost everything and am now homeless.