Street Dancing

Ellie is a born entrepreneur. After seeing several street acts in downtown Chicago her little head got to thinking about the money making opportunity available in that venture. So she started telling me about her plan to dance on the street for "money for college." Here's the plan: "First, we need to get a drink of water and drink it all. Then we need to set the cup on the sidewalk where there are lots of people. We could bring some music, but if we don't it's okay because I could just dance without it. Then people will put money in the cup and I will have money for college."
So, being dutiful parents, we indulge her idea. We wouldn't want to squelch that entrepreneurial spirit. Therefore, while we were at the Woodridge shopping center we ate at Chipotle and got water, and drank it all, and put the cup out. And. . .after a short period of apprehension she got the nerve up to go for it. All we had to do was dodge the looks of passersby who were wondering why we had our 5-year-old out dancing for money. She danced and danced on the street until some very nice guys came by and dropped $1. 55 into the cup. They obviously recognize the entrepreneurial spirit in the young child. Well, of course now she was boosted into a new category of confidence and her dancing became much more deliberate and lively. All until. . . (sniff) she tripped and scraped her knee on the brick pavers. And that was the end of a brilliant career of a street dancer.