Katharine the Almost Great: The Artsy-Fartsy Auction

Katharine the Almost Great: The Artsy-Fartsy Auction — page 7
She pointed to Vanessa’s painting Let’s say Matthew wanted to buy this for one dollar He’d write his number and 1 00 on the card Someone may come along and write 2 00 on the next line with his number If anyone else wanted it the bid would need to be more than two dollars At the end of the week the highest bidder wins Here’s a sample from a fi rst grader She held up a collage with pieces of tissue paper mashed together it pretty Isn’t I wasn’t impressed Not one itty-bitty bit And I wasn’t the only one Who’d pay for that asked Miss Priss-A-Poo Even Ka She smooshed her lips together Then 9