Funny Money

Havana Mae is a treasure finder. She often finds broken pieces of glass, funny shaped rocks, bottle caps, etc. It's all very magical and adventurous. So I wasn't surprised when the girls came home on the last day of school with talk of Havana finding treasure! But, this time it was real. She had found a $100 bill sadly discarded in the rocks as she made her way to school. And what did my sweet little Havana do with it?......She turned it into the school office. She was told that if it went unclaimed through the summer and then a week after school started again, she could have it back.

Monday she came home with a little white envelope containing her treasure. I was very excited for her and we talked about how she could spend it, that is until her father got home. He took one look at it and said, "O no, Havana, this is fake." After further inspection the little poser $100 was exposed. When you hold it up to the light the water mark is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and not our wealthier friend, Mr. Franklin. Plus, if you look really close at the security strip inside it says USA FIVE instead of USA 100. Its former life as a $5 had been revealed.

Havana took it all in stride. Easy come easy go. I, on the other hand was very mad at the counterfeiters for so carelessly leaving behind their doctored-up money and getting my little girl's hopes up. Shame on them!