Budding Dealmaker Gifts

'Could I trade all of this for more of that?'

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

Two children are running lemonade stands outside their home; one stand is more popular than the other.

'Hmph. College kids.'

Library sections; Fiction, non-fiction and do-it-yourself.

'I love your playing....especially when you stop!'

"Jill Hamster's entrepreneurial disaster"

Kid with messed up project in Wood Shop, titled: 'Wouldn't Shop'

SALE

"I know its hard to believe right now, Lawrence, but some day you'll thank me for asking you to punctuate your sentences correctly."

" 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation,' a treatment by Todd Mozelle, Grade Three."

"Mom, Mom, watch me!"

"... And his piano teacher says that he definitely has Van Gough's ear for music."

'We're pushing our do-it-yourself kit, today, sir - a ream of paper and a half-dozen pencils.'

I need to set upmy own company.

'My allowance isn't much - but I have a great benefits package!'

"Gracie, I'm proud of you. Your team lost, but you tried your best and that's all that counts."

Children playing football.

"Dad, this is Wendy, she's going to re-negotiate my allowance!"

Mum has a bad judgement day - Well OK, you can take it to your room as long as you play it quietly.

"This is an excellent story, Doris, so far."

'For God's sake give me some angst, how will I ever write a misery memoir?'

'Keep asking for more allowance. It's good practice for negotiating future stock and option grants.'

'I'm sorry, sir, but our happy hour doesn't start for another fifteen minutes.'

"My buildings are meant to inspire."

3 cents glass - Exact change please, seller can't count.

"There's the pressure from my public, naturally, as well as the pressure from my publisher, my agent, and all that. But the real pressure comes from that devil inside that makes me different from other men, that makes me a writer. But, of course, you know all about pressure, grinding out those papers at Sarah Lawrence."

LEMONADE 50 CENTS, NOW HIRING, 'Okay, you're hired -- now, I want you to forget everything you learned in pre-school.'

'Talk about stuck-up! -- he has Masterpiece Theatre action figures!'

'We would deliver if we could cross the street.'

"I've finally finished my lockdown novel."

'I'm not sure if he plays that loud because he has a good set of lungs or if it's a mean streak in him.'

'OK, it's a deal. You take my baths for me and I'll buy you some new toys.'

'I know that other kids manage on ?5 pocket money - but their parents don't charge them to watch any television programme their parents don't happen to approve off!'