Growing up during the Depression...
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Growing up during the Depression on the prairies meant very few, if any, luxuries. Sam wanted a wagon, a red shiny wagon that was pictured in the catalog. But at $2.50 it was a dream that wasn't likely to be fulfilled.
Yet Sam's older sisters, and he had five of them, made a promise, "You'll have your wagon by Christmas." Sam's parents told him not to put too much stock in what his sisters had promised; they couldn't imagine where the girls could get the money. But Sam, like Abraham, hoped against hope; he believed with all his heart that his sisters would deliver. Every day when he got up, he ran downstairs to see if his wagon had come.
Then Christmas morning, when Sam ran to look under the tree, there was his shiny red wagon. The unlikely promise had come true. It seemed that his sisters saved every penny they could find, from the one cent they received for each gopher tail, to the money they made "doing" the neighbor girls' hair. Somehow, they had scraped together enough money to buy Sam his wagon.
Yet Sam's older sisters, and he had five of them, made a promise, "You'll have your wagon by Christmas." Sam's parents told him not to put too much stock in what his sisters had promised; they couldn't imagine where the girls could get the money. But Sam, like Abraham, hoped against hope; he believed with all his heart that his sisters would deliver. Every day when he got up, he ran downstairs to see if his wagon had come.
Then Christmas morning, when Sam ran to look under the tree, there was his shiny red wagon. The unlikely promise had come true. It seemed that his sisters saved every penny they could find, from the one cent they received for each gopher tail, to the money they made "doing" the neighbor girls' hair. Somehow, they had scraped together enough money to buy Sam his wagon.
