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What is the main effect of Molly's error?
Lemon
A Business Lemon
1 “It all starts with one lemon," Mr. Flores said as he handed the group a lemon. Sarah stared at Mr. Flores as if he had completely lost his mind.
2 "How are we supposed to start a business with only one lemon?" I asked.
3 "Well, Danielle, that is precisely what you must figure out." Mr. Flores smiled. "And once your lemon is gone, you cannot buy another one."
4 Justin, Ramon, and Sarah came over to my house after school so we could plan our strategy. "This is crazy!" Sarah moaned, as she flopped down on the living room floor. "How are we supposed to stay in business with one lemon?"
5 "Let's brainstorm a list of things we could do," I said as I grabbed a nacho to snack on. We sat around the glass coffee table and stared at the lemon.
6 Just then my little sister, Molly, ran into the room. "Danielle! Danielle!" she yelled. She grabbed the lemon and tried to put it in her mouth. Then she wiped her wet sticky fingers all over the glass coffee table.
7 "Oh, great," Justin groaned, "Now we have a mess to clean up and a business to plan."
8 "Hey, that's a pretty good idea," said Ramon, his eyes widening. "My mom mixes water with lemon juice to clean windows."
9 "Good job, Molly," I said. "Your mess is the beginning of our brand new window cleaning business.
10 On Saturday, we all met at Ramon's house. We each brought a couple of plastic jugs, and Sarah brought a wagon. Ramon's mom told us to add two tablespoons of lemon juice to each quart of water. We pulled the wagon down the sidewalk to Mrs. Jenkin's house. She had agreed to be our first customer. Suddenly, I had a great idea. "You can pay us the full amount when we finish," I said, "Or, you can pay us half price and give us a lemon." After all, we weren't buying a lemon, just receiving one as payment.
11 "It sounds like you have a pretty fruitful business!" joked Mr. Flores.
12 "Yeah," Ramon shot back. "And nobody was sour on the idea!" Ramon puckered his lips and crossed his eyes. Everyone laughed, especially Mr. Flores.
What is the main effect of Molly's error?
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She gets sticky fingers and makes a mess.
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She gives them a good idea for a business.
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She learns not to make that mistake again.
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The entire group gets angry with her.