My sister and I were flying from our home in Kansas to a summer camp in Minnesota. Our plane had a two-hour 36 at the airport in Omaha, where I saw a toy airplane that I really 37 . I had $10 and I had no idea what I needed to 38 at camp, but I spent $8 on the airplane anyway.
When we reached the camp, I discovered that there were no showers! 39 , we bathed in a lake every night. I needed to buy 40 soap. Because the regular soap I brought had chemicals that could 41 the fish. The special soap cost $4 at the camp store. After buying the plane, I had $2 left, so I couldn’t buy the soap.
After a few days, I was a 42 . Sally, our camp teacher, asked me if I needed some soap. When I 43 her that I had spent my soap money on a toy airplane, she laughed and said, “You need to budget.” She then explained that a budget was a(n) 44 for spending money to help make sure you save enough for things you 45 — like soap — before you buy fun things — like 46 . Sally gave me her extra soap, which I 47 took.
When I returned home from 48 , I decided to make my 49 budget. Every week I spent time writing down everything I bought, and some weeks, I would have more in my “Money In” account 50 I did odd jobs (零活) around the house.
Budgeting was 51 , especially when my friends bought soda at the store after school and I couldn’t because I had spent all my “Want to Spend” money. But I 52 with it, and by the next summer, I had 53 enough money to buy a Paula Pilot doll at Omaha Airport, as well as 54 at the camp store to 55 Sally!
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