The+Counterfeit+Money

The Counterfeit Money By: Laura Holetz “Julie…. Julie! Where is that girl?” Nicole asked Jennifer. “She always just disappears all the time.” “Oh! There she is!” shouted Jennifer, pointing towards the bottom of the hill. There she was, lying almost motionless in the snow. “Oh my gosh! What happened? Is she okay?!” said Nicole. Nicole wasn’t good at skiing, but she raced down to her as fast as she could…..Just as Julie sat up. “Thank goodness you’re okay!” said Nicole, still panting for her breath. Now how did this happen?” “Nothing happened, I didn’t get hurt! Said Julie. I just found a one hundred dollar bill on the ground! It was just lying right here so I came over to pick it up,” said Julie, showing the others to see for their self. All of the girls crowded around her. None of them could believe it and they were all amazed. “Now that we have this money, let’s go get some snacks! You can all pick something out, I’ll buy.” Julie said to her friends. “Yeah!” they all cheered, excited for their friend. When they got into the store, everyone picked out a piece of candy and a drink that they wanted and went up to the cash register. Julie handed the cashier the money and he looked at it for a couple of seconds then he held it up to the light. He looked back at her with kind of a confused face and said “Ma’am, it appears that this dollar bill is fake.” “What? It is? No, you don’t understand. I just found this! I didn’t make it. I swear!” Julie said. “I’m sorry but you’re going to have to call your parents.” said the cashier. “Okay but I didn’t do it. You can ask anyone.” After Julie called her parents, they came rushing up to the ski hill. They find Julie but they don’t believe that Julie is responsible for making this and they believe her and know that she didn’t do it. They want Julie and her friends to try and find out who is responsible for making the counterfeit money. The next day, Julie and her friends decide that they want to go back up to the ski hill and do a little investigating. They first decide to go back to the scene where Julie had found the money laying on the ground. As they were sitting on the chairlift on the way up, Nicole pokes Julie. “Hey guys! Look at that!” She says kind of softly. All of her friends gasp in surprise. They all saw a one hundred dollar bill sticking out of the guys back pocket in the chairlift in front of them. They were all trying to decide if it was fake or real. “I think it’s fake!” said Jennifer. “Well, to make sure, let’s make up a plan to figure it out. First, let’s catch up to him and follow him down the ski hill. Then we will have someone accidentally ‘bump into him’ so you can grab his money and see if It’s fake or real!” They all thought it was a good plan and agreed that Katie could be the person to push the guy over. “Sounds like fun! Everyone got the plan?” said Jennifer. “Yup!” They all answered in unison as they got off the chairlift. They followed the guy all the way down the hill and once they got to the bottom, Katie fell over and knocked him down.

“Oops! I’m sorry!” She started to say just as a bunch of money fell out of his pocket and flew all over the snow. “That’s weird, there all one-hundred dollar bills,” said Jennifer with a smile on her face. The ski patrol was near by and right when they turned around, they saw what was going on. They skied over to where all of the girls where standing. The guy with all the money started to panic and tried to pick up his money quickly. The ski patrol told the man he would need to come with him. The ski resort called to local police and the man was put in jail. Julie and her friends were given an award for solving the mystery of the counterfeit money. They also received a free ski pass for the rest of the season. Julie was glad her name was cleared and her parents were happy too!