The New Adventures of Matt & Mandy

Hey, wanna buy a cool pen? It has four different colors.

Where’d you get it? How much do you want for it?

My dad gave it to me. You can have it for a dollar.

Dad did say I could spend part of my birthday money any way I wanted.

Do you know where he got that pen? He saw some kid drop it and grabbed it before the kid turned around. He bragged about it to me.

Later, at afternoon recess …

I don’t want anything that was stolen. Just give me my money back.

Too bad. I already spent the money on nachos for lunch.

What am I going to do with this?

… and it has four colors, and it was a birthday present …

Are you looking for this?

Maybe I lost a dollar, but I get to keep my self-respect.