Tom was happy to get one dollar from his father. He wanted to buy a toy with it. So he put on his hat and ran into the street. There he met some boys throwing snowballs. Soon Tom joined them. He sent a snowball at James, but he missed him, and broke a window on the other side of the street. Tom was afraid and ran as fast as he could. But soon he stopped. He said to himself, “It was wrong to break th e window, I will go back and pay for it.”
He went back to the house and saw an old man. Tom told him what he did, then he gave the man the dollar he had. The old man took the dollar, and asked Tom his name and where he lived. At last, the old man said, “You will get a surprising gift.”
At dinner time, Tom’s father told him to go and look in his hat. Tom found two dollars there! His father told Tom that an old man came and gave back his dollar and another more. Because he thought Tom was an honest boy.