Question

Why doesn't sylvia go with sugar to spend the money at the

end of the story? what exactly is she attempting to think
through on her own? does her separation from her classmates
and her desire to think things through alone indicate that she
has learned or is beginning to learn, the "lesson"?

Answer 1

Sylvia doesn't run off to the store with Sugar because her mind's still processing the events of this unusual day. She has learned a lot from Miss Moore's lesson on the value of money but still feels the need to reflect more deeply one some of the things that she's seen on her excursion to an upscale toy store.