The Parking Ticket
<p> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="day">day</span>, <span word="Mom">Mom</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="parking">parking</span> <span word="ticket">ticket</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="car">car</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="ticket">ticket</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="against">against</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="park">park</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="parked">parked</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="ticket">ticket</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Mom">Mom</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="city">city</span>. <span word="Mom">Mom</span> <span word="pointed">pointed</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="street">street</span>.</p><p> “<span word="See">See</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="curb">curb</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="painted">painted</span> <span word="red">red</span>?” <span word="she">she</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="me">me</span>.</p><p> “<span word="See">See</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="signs">signs</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="tell">tell</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="park">park</span> <span word="there">there</span>?” <span word="she">she</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p> <span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="parking">parking</span> <span word="spot">spot</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="signs">signs</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="red">red</span> <span word="paint">paint</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="curb">curb</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="faded">faded</span>.</p><p> <span word="Mom">Mom</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="photos">photos</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="phone">phone</span>.</p><p> “<span word="We">We</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fight">fight</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="ticket">ticket</span>,” <span word="she">she</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p> “<span word="These">These</span> <span word="photos">photos</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="help">help</span>,” <span word="she">she</span> <span word="added">added</span>.</p><p> <span word="So">So</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="court">court</span>. <span word="Mom">Mom</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="judge">judge</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="story">story</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="showed">showed</span> <span word="him">him</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="photos">photos</span>.<span word="The">The</span> <span word="judge">judge</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="photos">photos</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="judge">judge</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Mom">Mom</span>.</p><p> “<span word="I">I</span> <span word="agree">agree</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="you">you</span>,” <span word="the">the</span> <span word="judge">judge</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p> <span word="We">We</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pay">pay</span>! <span word="Mom">Mom</span> <span word="thanked">thanked</span> <span word="him">him</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="left">left</span>. <span word="Mom">Mom</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="ice">ice</span> <span word="cream">cream</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="careful">careful</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="parked">parked</span>!</p>
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