Elliot's Money

Someday Elliot is going to make a wonderful accountant, investor, philanthropist...

or bank robber.

Elliot loves money. It's not about buying things, or spending it, or even saving it. Elliot just loves having money. He steals it from on top of Ted's dresser. He keeps his eyes on the ground at all times in public, ever searching for lost coins. And, yes, he even sleeps with it.

I'm constantly amazed by how often he seems to have some amount of change tucked in his pockets. He often offers it to me in stores, when it's time to pay. One day, I turned around to check why he had fallen behind, and happened to catch him giving his coins to a beggar on the street. He's not a hoarder. He parts with his money as readily as he collects it. But, still he can't seem to get enough of it.

The boys recently participated in a Cub Scout fundraiser. Their Pack sold popcorn. The boys set up a table outside of a store, and were instructed to introduce themselves to shoppers, and offer their popcorn for sale. Neither Jack nor Elliot had much enthusiasm for this endeavor, until Elliot realized that, if successful, he would be collecting cold, hard cash. He immediately warmed up to the job. Ted said that he did an excellent job, until people took out their wallets, whereupon Elliot grabbed their money, right out of their hands!