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Face the music, Mom, I don't care for the harp

Submitted by B.J. Taum, Kailua

Our 9-year-old daughter had been playing the harp for about three years, and my husband and I were about to invest in a new, larger harp for her use.

But one evening, after she went to bed, I went to my desk to tend to paperwork. There, at the top of the heap, I found her note. Written in marker pen, in bright, bold red, the note said: "Dear Mom, Please Save Your Money. I'M NOT ENJOYING HARP LESSONS!"

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