Rae "Sunshine" Seddon (
sunbaked_baker) wrote in
milliways_bar2016-09-22 02:32 pm
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Scouts Hut - Building a Lemonade Stand
Summer is the usual season for lemonade stands, Rae knows, but the door had kept her away after she'd shared her idea with Bonnie. And the first weeks of fall aren't so far from summer as to make the idea of a lemonade stand preposterous (already, her mind thinks hot lemonade in winter would be a good idea). And there is a rummage sale coming up. What better time to offer refreshments than while people will be milling around and looking at things outside?
So there is a sign up on the notice board near the rummage sale sign, reading:
MILLIWAYS SCOUTS
Come Help Build a Lemonade Stand at the Scout Hut
So We Can Sell Lemonade at the Rummage Sale
To Raise Money for the Bound Patrons/Kids Fund
Good for Credit Towards Woodwork, Entrepreneurship and Fundraising Badges
That done, little Rae goes to the Bar to ask for materials - boards and posts and wood glue and nails and paint and glitter and receipt book and all the things needed to make a good, sturdy lemonade stand - and a receipt for the cost. She glances at the receipt before tucking it in a little notebook labeled Scouts Things. Okay, so that amount plus the cost of the lemons and sugar and water will be the point where their stand breaks even. If they make more than what they spend on materials, they've made a profit. Okay.
Entrepreneurship is a bit daunting - and the cart of building materials is a bit heavy - but soon Rae is out at the Scout Hut with the building materials laid out, drawing a tentative plan for the stand on a large piece of paper tacked to a cork board. She figures it'll need a flat table-like surface big enough for two or three scouts to stand behind, with room enough on the table for a couple of pitchers of lemonade, a stack of cups, a plate of cookies or similar, and the receipt book. It'll need four legs sturdy enough to hold it up, and maybe there should be a sign or raised banner above the stand so that people can see there's lemonade to be had. Hmm.
Come join in!
So there is a sign up on the notice board near the rummage sale sign, reading:
Come Help Build a Lemonade Stand at the Scout Hut
So We Can Sell Lemonade at the Rummage Sale
To Raise Money for the Bound Patrons/Kids Fund
Good for Credit Towards Woodwork, Entrepreneurship and Fundraising Badges
That done, little Rae goes to the Bar to ask for materials - boards and posts and wood glue and nails and paint and glitter and receipt book and all the things needed to make a good, sturdy lemonade stand - and a receipt for the cost. She glances at the receipt before tucking it in a little notebook labeled Scouts Things. Okay, so that amount plus the cost of the lemons and sugar and water will be the point where their stand breaks even. If they make more than what they spend on materials, they've made a profit. Okay.
Entrepreneurship is a bit daunting - and the cart of building materials is a bit heavy - but soon Rae is out at the Scout Hut with the building materials laid out, drawing a tentative plan for the stand on a large piece of paper tacked to a cork board. She figures it'll need a flat table-like surface big enough for two or three scouts to stand behind, with room enough on the table for a couple of pitchers of lemonade, a stack of cups, a plate of cookies or similar, and the receipt book. It'll need four legs sturdy enough to hold it up, and maybe there should be a sign or raised banner above the stand so that people can see there's lemonade to be had. Hmm.
Come join in!

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"I'm not sure when it was, but yes. How about you?"
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"We'll need to figure out what kinds of pieces we'll need, first, and how many, then measure the pieces to make sure they'll be the right size when we cut them. Then we'll cut the pieces to size, put them together, and then sand them down so they're smooth before painting and decorating them."
She thinks she got everything?
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Beat.
"Can I ask your advice?"
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Fry is certainly the most competent kid she knows.
"I'd think... if he wants to pass an exam, he has to know what sorts of things will be on the exam, first." It's no good if he doesn't know what to study for. Once they know what it is he'll need to know, all that's left is learning it.
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"Yup!" she answers, cheerfully, hugging him tight. "There'll be lemonade at the rummage sale next week. Good morning, Autor!"
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This is the first table Rae has ever built, so she is a bit shaky on the details, but she is determined to see it through.
There are long, thin dowel rods as well, and a cloth banner (currently blank) that can be decorated, then connected to the table to advertise the lemonade they'll be selling.
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No use wondering how much a Viking might pay for lemonade and a cookie. No worry about how much one world's money translates to the denominations of another world's version of a different country, five centuries later.
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