Travelling Salesperson

We've had our fair share of travelling salesmen/women/children over the years, but this week I was most surprised by who showed up at our door. A neighborhood girl came to the door, a girl who sometimes comes over to play with Archer and Shelly and sometimes sells us Girl Scout cookies. When she showed up this week and asked Archer to talk to his mom I was a little surprised because its not cookie season. "I was wondering if you'd like to buy some pictures." She stood there with a folder in her hand as I quickly tried to figure out what fund raising event was on the calendar. School? Nope. Hmm. What kind of pictures, I asked. She opened up her folder to reveal drawings, pages of the alphabet written in different styles, numbers, and even a price list. Oh. Her very own artwork. A second grader is going door to door selling her pictures of bunnies and rainbows. I'll pass, I told her, but I also asked Shelly if she wanted a picture. "Sure," she says and picks out a rendition of the Easter Bunny. The Travelling Artist checks her price list and confidently announces, "One dollar please!" Whew, its a little steep. During the price negotiation Shelly announced, "I don't even really think this is necessary for me." She had no idea why we were talking about money and eventually we settled on 25¢.


On one hand I was annoyed that this kid expected us to pay a whole dollar, or even a whole quarter for her art. On the other hand I was impressed with her entrepreneurial spirit, I wonder how much money she made travelling around the neighborhood that afternoon. She's headed for great things, I think!