Chapter 4: The Failure of a Succeeding Scam
Saturday morning crept into Peach Creek and the Eds awoke. They instantly remembered their failed efforts of trying to get Kevin the 25 cents needed to complete their scam transaction. Eddy cringed, knowing that Kevin would come over soon, asking for his half dollar back and returning the pencil jar.
Gloomily, Eddy walked over to Edd's residence and awoke Edd. They met up with Ed right outside Ed's basement window.
"Well, boys." Eddy mumbled. "Kevin's going to awake any minute and take his money back."
"Don't feel too bad, Eddy." Edd spoke. "We may not have made any money, but we didn't loose money."
Eddy just frowned and looked away.
"Actually, we did make some money." Edd started. "We found 8 cents when scrutinizing the floor of Peach Creek stores."
The Eds walked over to the curbside on the cul-de-sac waiting for Kevin to come.
15 minutes later, Kevin strolled down the sidewalk on his bike, the pencil jar resting on his handle.
"Okay, dorks." Kevin began. "Today's the day. Cough up that quarter."
Eddy looked at him nervously and stuttered. "Uh, we sort of, well…"
"What?" Kevin said. "Are you gonna tell me you didn't get 25 cents in time?"
Eddy hopelessly stared at Kevin and then acknowledged defeat. "We tried."
Kevin frowned. "Here's the pencil jar back. I'll take my half dollar."
Eddy reached into his pocket and pulled out the half dollar. "Here."
Kevin snatched it out of Eddy's hand and set the pencil jar on the floor. Kevin rode off on his bike to the lane without another word.
"WE WERE SO CLOSE!" Eddy yelled, and then fell to the floor. "If shovel-chin paid with a stupid quarter, then we would have been in jawbreaker city. Stupid half dollar."
Eddy crushed the pencil jar and promptly disposed of it.
The Eds had failed yet again with their efforts to scam the kids of the cul-de-sac. But this time, they had come very close to actually succeeding, which made it even more disheartening when it failed.
Kevin biked off to The Candy Store where he purchased jawbreakers with his half dollar.
