The Shopper's Club

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    I am sorry for not posting any stories for so long. I had too many things to do.

    The story that I am going to tell you is my own creation. It is the story of three children who are bored and their mother suggested an idea.

   The children took up that idea and see if they were successful or not. Read on and find out.

The Shoppers Club

    “I am so bored,” complained George.

    “We all are,” said Pam.

    Pam and George were brother and sister. Pam was a year older then George who was nine years old which made Pam ten years old. Their friend Pat was the same age as Pam. She had come to visit them today and they were all sitting on the steps of the front door.

    They were having school holidays. They had been very excited when they the holidays came but as always halfway through they got bored.

    “I wish there was something there was we could do,” said Pat, their friend.

    Just then Pam and George’s mother came out to get something from the garden when she saw the children sitting there with long faces.

    “What’s wrong?” she asked. “You look like you have just lost a pound and found a penny.”

    “We are bored,” replied Pam.

    Her mother sat down on the steps as well.

    “How about those books you all wanted to read and those puzzles you wanted to do?” she asked.

    “We have done all that,” she replied with a sigh.

    “How about playing a game?” she asked again trying very hard to hide a smile.

    “We don’t feel like playing anything,” said Pat, “we are tired of playing the same games all the time.”

    “Well, how about forming a club where you could earn some money and have fun doing it?” she suggested.

    All the children sat up straight, very much interested.

   “It would be nice if we could earn some money,” said Pat. “Mother’s birthday is next month and I am broke.”

    “But what could we do to earn some?” said George.

    “Well, how about shopping for people?” his mother suggested. “People are so busy these days they don’t have time to go and buy everyday things. Think about it. If you do I will be the first one to send you on and errand.”

    With that she stood up and left.

   The children started to discuss what to do. Then Pam came up with an idea.

    “How about if we ran errands for people and charge them some money?” she said, her eyes shining. “We could not only buy things for people but we could deliver things they wanted delivered.”

    “That is a splendid idea!” said Pat. “But how are we going to let people know what we are doing?”

    “We could print out a poster and put it on our gate,” said George, excitedly. “I could do that easily. But what are we going to name our club?”

    Everybody sat down and thought about it and then Pat had an idea.

    “How about if we called it ‘The Shopper’s Club’?” she suggested.

    Pam and George thought it was a good idea and so it was called, The Shopper’s Club’.

    Everybody talked excitedly and decided what to write on the poster.

   Here is what they wrote:

The Shopper’s Club

We shop for you and deliver anything to your doorstep

For more details call:

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    Then they wrote Pam’s phone number there.

     Their first customer was Pam and George’s mother as she had promised. She sent them to buy some eggs and cheese.

    Soon as the word got around they got pretty busy.

    One day, Pam got a call from a lady. She wanted to deliver a cake to Mrs. Howard. Now as the others did not have anything to do that morning so they all decided to accompany Pam.

    Mrs. Howard was an old lady who lived nearby and so they collected the cake and went to deliver to her. When they reached there they rang the doorbell and waited and there was no answer. They rang again and again there was no answer. Then they knocked loudly and started calling, “Mrs. Howard, Mrs. Howard.” This time they heard a very faint sound as if somebody was calling for help.

    The children looked at one another not knowing what to do. As last Pam spoke up, “I think we should go inside and see.”

    They tried to door and it was locked. Then they looked for any windows that were open. Luckily they found one. The problem was it was a bit high. How could any of them get inside?

     Then Pat suggested she would go inside as she was rather small, she would be able to fit in that window. But now how to reach there?

    “I will crouch down and then you stand on my back and climb in,” said George.

    And so he crouched down and Pat stood on his back and climbed in quite easily. Once inside she opened the door for everyone to get in.

    They heard a moan and as they went towards the back room it got louder.

    When they entered the room, they were shocked to see Mrs. Howard lying on the floor near her bed.

    “Please, help me,” she said. “I can’t get up. I think I have broken my leg. Can you please call the hospital and my husband? My phone is on the bed stand.”

    “Of course, we will,” said Pam and she took it up and called the hospital and her husband.

    Soon, Mr. Howard and the ambulance were there and they took Mrs. Howard away to the hospital.

    The next day Mr. Howard came to see the children and thanked them very much. He told them that they had operated on Mrs. Howard and she will be out of the hospital very soon.

    Then, he surprised them all by giving them a basket each to put their things when they went shopping! They were beautiful colours of blue, green and red.

    The children were delighted with their gifts.

    And now we leave them and maybe we will follow some more of their adventures in future.

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