Money

Long ago,people did not earn their money by working.They got their money from the ground.The money was large,round and flat.It looked just like what it was a stone.
This special stones were very hard to find,and therefore become very valuable.The
larger the stone,the more valuable it was.The smallest money stones were about the size of a dinner plate.It might buy a fish or some vegetables.The richer the men the bigger and havier the money stones were.So,most of the rich men had servants to carry their stones when they went out to trade.These men left their stones in front of their houses so that everyone could see how rich there were.Peoples in othre places found their moneyalong the seashore.They broken the shells into little pieces,
polish them to make them shine,made small holes and hung them on strings.One string of shells would buy food.A hundred strings would buy a canoe or a cow.Some people made their money from salt.They shaped the salt into little bricks.Salt money was not aw heavy as stone money or as hard to find as shell money.However,when it rained,the brick salt money melted easily into salt water.Later,people started using metal such as copper,silver and gold for money.It is not easily damaged by water or heat.Metal money is certainly more durable than salt,shell or stone money.However,
metal money is hard to carry around if you have a large amount of the money.It is
heavy and takes up a lot of space.Today,our money comes in two different forms,paper and metal.They have numbers printed on them to show their value.