1. “Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday”
By Judith Viorst

2. tokens noun pg. 26
pieces of metal shaped like coins, used instead of money
Los Angeles Metro Bus Token
New York City Bus Tokens from the past!

3. It isn’t fair because what I’ve got is bus tokens.
We changed our money for game tokens so we could play our favorite game.

4. absolutely adverb pg. 29
without any doubt

5. I absolutely was saving the rest of my money.
I absolutely promised to take out the garbage last night.

6. positively adverb pg. 29
for sure, certainly, confidently

7. I positively was saving the rest of my money.
I positively believed that I would take out the garbage, but I fell asleep.

8. rent verb pg. 29
to provide the use of something for a fee; to pay a fee in order to use something

9. Except that Eddie called me up and said the he would rent me his snake for an hour.
Mom said that we would have to rent a car to go to the beach next weekend.

10. vanish verb pg. 31
disappear

11. But then Nick did a magic trick that made my pennies vanish in thin air.
We watched the cookies we brought vanish in minutes.

12. Non-returnable adjective pg. 33
something that cannot be taken or given back

13. I brought some non-returnable bottles down to Friendly’s Market.
Because these bottles are non-returnable, we can’t get any money back for them.