Claudia understood immediately and began to scoop up bumps she had felt on the bottom of the fountain. The bumps were pennies and nickels people had pitched into the fountain to make a wish. At least four people had thrown in dimes and one had tossed in a quarter.
"Some one very rich must have tossed in that quarter," Jamie whispered.
"Someone very poor," Claudia corrected. "Rich people only have penny wishes."
--From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, E.L. Konigsburg
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fallen rain. (: