Son: I can see my gorilla feet slippers on top of the wardrobe waiting to go in the loft! Will you give them to someone else?
Mum: I don’t know yet – maybe.
Son: We could sell them? We could take them to a shop and offer a pack for sale with the other toys that are in there and someone could buy it – isn’t that a great idea? We could take them to Tesco’s.
Mum: It’s a very good idea. Tesco’s wouldn’t be the right shop to take them to though, because it doesn’t sell second-hand things, only new things.
Son: I know, I’ve got a better idea! We could take the slippers to a slipper shop and the toys to Toys ‘R’ Us!
Mum: Good thinking, but those shops would still only sell new things. We could take them to a charity shop in Stony Stratford.
Son: What’s a charity shop?
Mum: They sell used things, and the money they get for selling them goes to different causes; there’s one for animals, –
Son: So animals get the money?
Mum: Well, the money pays for animals without a home to have food and a home. But there are other charity shops too, where the money gets used for other good reasons. Or we could post a message about them in an online shop called eBay, where we would get most of the money.
Son: Let’s do that, so I can have the money for my money box.
Mum: So YOU can have the money?!
Son: Yes… I’ll give you half if you like?
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