second star to the right...

i knock on the door. i hear someone yell something inside. i wait.

a little girl, about 7 years old, opens the door and says, "hello."

i say, "hello" and wait for a moment, thinking someone else is probably coming with the money.

silence.

then the girl reaches into her pocket and pulls out a $20 and a quarter and hands them to me.

i say, "oh, your total is $13.24. ok, out of $20.25."

at this point, i'm pretty confused, because she really doesn't seem old enough to be dealing with money this way.

i start getting $7 for her and she says, "i just need $5 back."

i give her a fiver and tell her, "thank you and have a good night."

i guess it was so weird because it went down exactly like any normal transaction with an adult, yet it was just a little girl.

transactions with children are never this easy, or rewarding.