Marlee And Charlie Learn What A Compromise Is

It was off to kind of a rocky start with Marlee and Charlie. They had both been the one to make the decisions in their young lives so far. When another person has their own ideas a lot of things can happen. However, they were both very smart little girls and asked for their grandmothers' advice. This is what they came up with.
Charlie would let Marlee call their business Marleewood, if Marlee wouldn't charge her the dollar and thirteen cents and also let her be in charge of the costume shop. Marlee was not a bit happy! This is where Grandma B stepped in and said, "You know what, Marlee, this is part of growing up. You give a little and take a little. You can't always have your own way. Give and take is called a compromise. It is a really big word, but an important one to remember all through life."

 Marlee was still not happy about that. Charlie, however, was ecstatic! "Yay, I get my own costume shop. I have to make plans and do some ordering and get prices and oh, Marlee, we have to advertise. Plus, you and I have to have some meetings to get things organized. We have to 'get cracking' as the old folks say."
Well, Charlie had saved money by not having to give up her cash to "buy in" with Marlee, so she had a little money to put in the books to start ordering costumes and to decorate with. But they had to decide where to start in the building.
 Charlie was not going to be happy. The grandmas said they had to start with the what real estate agents call curb appeal.  That means that when people drive by or walk by your building it looks very nice. When a business looks nice from the outside, people like to come in to look around and maybe buy things that they like.
All of a sudden both girls had an idea. They would go to different places and ask for free stuff. That should be easy. Old people always gave them pats on their heads and offered them suckers at the bank and other stores. Good ideas don't always work out, yet sometimes they work out better than anyone could imagine. There is a lesson to be learned here too. If you think you have a good idea, don't be afraid to share it with a friend. A good friend will always tell you the truth. Sometimes they will like it and sometimes they won't. That's what friends are for.
They talked it over with their grandmothers and they agreed. Some businesses could have extra decorations and flowers that they might share.

These pictures show what the girls got for free. The fall decorations on the porch and the bench made their new business looked very nice.
  Marlee had a dollar bill because she knew that not everything was going to be free. She wanted a break room for their future employees and that meant that she had to buy food. After Marlee went to the apple orchard last week she loved to eat apples. She liked apples that were in pies too. She showed the grandmas and Charlie what she wanted to do. They all thought it was a good idea or at least didn't tell her no.

Then Marlee saw a great big bunch of things that she and Charlie both thought should go in their break room. There was a problem, though. Marlee had spent her dollar on an apple pie. She only had thirteen cents left. Charlie had put her money into the costume shop. We have an "oh oh". Sometimes we can't always have everything we want at the store, can we?
Something else is not quite right.  Marlee and Charlie don't have any people to work for them yet, still they bought food for the  break room. I think that the girls were hungry, don't you?
Maybe the Grandmothers knew what was going to happen. You just can't spend all of your money in one place. Marlee and Charlie learned two or three lessons today.
 What do you think that the two grandmothers will do to help their granddaughters?  They just might have a plan in mind to help Marlee and Charlie in their new adventure. Or something completely unexpected will happen to make the girls' dreams come true. We will find out next time.