Ella's Co-Ops: A Short Story

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One drowsy, cold day sometime in the 1900’s, there was a girl named Ella. Ella was enjoying her morning by playing with her Barbie dolls around her table in her room when Ella had a sudden urge to have a tea party. So, she specifically places each one of her dolls perfectly upright in their assigned seats around the table. She then realized she had to get herself ready for the special occasion. Ella takes off her night gown and proceeds to put on her favorite princess dress along with her favorite gold, sparkly crown.
Ella is all excited and ready for her tea party when all of a sudden, she realizes her tea kettle has no tea inside and she has no snacks for her “guests.” She joyfully runs down the stairs and proceeds to open the fridge when she realizes there is no tea made.
So, Ella does what every ten-year-old girl does and yells, “Mom I
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Co-ops also try to educate younger kids like yourself to grow up and understand how and why your stove is running.”
Ella replies, “ten million dollars?! Mom I could buy all the tea and Barbie dolls in the world and have the biggest tea party ever! Next time Mr. Co-op comes by the house tell him I said thank you for keeping our stove on, so you can make me as much tea as I need for my tea party and to keep me from having to hear from five angry Barbie dolls about how we have no tea because then I would have to call Mr. Co-op and have him explain to all of my Barbie’s why we had no tea for our tea party because our stove would be turned off!”
Ella’s mom smiles and replies, “I will be sure to tell him that you said thank you for keeping your guests happy oh and your tea is almost

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