Mike's Summer Job
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	Kathy Huntsberger was at her desk worrying. She didn't 
know what to do with her son, Mike. Mike was basically a 
good boy, but with summer coming soon, she found out that 
the summer camp he was going to go to is CLOSED. As a single 
mom, she couldn't afford to spend the summer home with him 
and all the camps are filled.
	Anita Talbot, a coworker said, "Why not find him a job? 
Brett got a job for the summer."
	Kathy said, "Brock? He is only 9. What did you do? Tell 
people that he is a drawf?"
	"Nope," Anita said. "Look in the paper in the main 
section. If you can find it, you and I can discuss it."
	Kathy found the ad. It read: 'The LilDevil Baby Company 
needs testers 7-14 to test our new line of clothing. 12 
weeks minimum 700/wk. Limited to 50 people. Call for 
information.'
	Kathy called the number and told the lady about Mike 
and wanted some information. The lady on the other end, 
Megan Concannon, told Kathy about the company and the 
products. "Also," added Megan, "Some of the boys might be in 
our on-line web site and in our magazine ads. If that 
happened, the amount per week goes to $1300 a week."
	Kathy made an appointment with Megan on Saturday 
morning. Tonight she was going to ask Mike if he would like 
to be in an ad. "Maybe diapers on him would keep him from 
getting into trouble. A day care center at the plant."
	Kathy at first was shocked about the clothes being 
tested was diapers, among other things. Kathy was upset that 
Mike's dad left as soon he Mike was 1. Kathy's parents 
helped out, but Kathy missed his childhood.
	That night, Kathy took Mike out to Burger King for 
dinner. Mike looked at his mom and said, "What's up?"
	Kathy said, "I got to ask you something. Would you like 
to make at least 300 dollars a week this summer, plus more 
if you are picked for an ad? It would be for 12 weeks, so 
you'll get 3600 dollars for just being a 10 year old."
	Mike said,"3600 dollars? Can I spend it the way I want 
to?"
	Kathy said, "I want you to keep at least 2900 saved." 
Kathy was going to save the other 700 dollars, but Mike 
didn't know. "If you want this job, Mike, I need to have you 
ready at 8 am on Saturday."
	Mike was thinking,'3600 dollars for being a 10 year 
old? I might like working.' He then said, "Okay, mom. I'll 
be ready for my job on Saturday."
	When Saturday came, Mike was dressed in a casual 
outfit. He was nervous, but his mom didn't say anything 
about the job for the past 3 days. They got into their 
Escort and drove down their tree-lined street. Soon, Mike 
saw the 'LilDevil Baby Company' sign when his mom pulled 
into the parking lot. Soon he saw 3 other boys walking 
across the parking lot with their parents. 1 was with his 
dad, the other was with their mom and dad.
	"Mom," Mike said, "Where are we going? Into that 
plant?"
	"Yes," his mom said. "Hurry up you don't want to miss 
out on 3600 dollars??" She got out of the car.
	Mike sighed and got out of the car.