My   Pocket   Money

By Zhong Wanting

 What do you mean by saying ‘ I’m broke’? That means you have run out of pocket money, and you will probably go to your parents to try to get some more. But not me! I don’t get my pocket money from my parents. I earn it by myself.

 When I refer to ‘earn it myself’, I do not mean to say that I get pay from my parents by doing chores around the house, for this is just an altered form of getting money from parents and not the real kind of money earning. When we grow up, we can’t rely on our parents any longer. By then, we must have a career of our own, and make a living ourselves. By doing so, we are really earning money, money that comes from society.

 And now, I’m acquiring some real social practice by writing for newspapers and getting repayment. I can keep the money which will become my pocket money.

 In fact, I used to ask for money from my parents However after a while, they decided that I couldn’t get money from them forever, so they told me that I had to earn money myself.

 How could I earn money? I certainly couldn’t work in stores for it was against the low. Then how could I ‘make a living’?

 After pondering over this for a while, I suddenly had an excellent idea. Why couldn’t I become an amateur writer? I felt confident in my writing skills and by writing to newspapers and magazines, I could keep the repayment of the articles were published!

 Thus, I began sending my works to publications and very soon, one of my articles was published. I felt overjoyed when I read my own words in the newspaper. Apart from my fresh allowance, the feeling of success was also overwhelming.

     广东实验中学   初二（1）班    钟琬婷