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When the sale bill for today's auction was posted on the Courthouse bulletin board earlier this week, there was only one thing I really wanted: a little antique washstand. Since I was sleeping today, my mom went to the auction and bid on it for me. "I really want it," I said, "but I don't want to pay a whole lot for it." So when she called me this afternoon, sounding a little worried, and said she won it but it wouldn't fit in her car and then said, "Gosh, I hope I didn't pay too much for it..." that made me a little worried, too. The auctioneers were packing up for the day by the time I got there, but one of them carried the washstand out to my car for me. So I asked him, "How much did it go for, Ron?"

"Seven dollars and a half," he drawled.

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