BR 2-02: The Giant Jelly Bean Jar

I read the book The Giant Jelly Bean Jar. This book’s characters are Ben, his sister Jill and Jo-Jo of a clerk Jelly Bean Shop.

Ben is a shy boy and loved jelly beans. He loved Jo-Jo’s Jelly Bean Shop too. Jo-Jo had a contest in his shop every weekend. He read a riddle and the person who said the right answer of the riddle was able to get a jar full of jelly beans. Ben and Jill went to Jo-Jo’s Jelly Bean Shop every Saturday. Ben always knew the answer, but he is a shy boy, so he wasn’t able to say the answer in a loud voice in front of everyone in the store. Therefore he often said “Oh, nuts!” to himself.

One day, Jill got a jar full of jelly beans. She gave some jelly beans to Ben, but he wanted to answer the jelly bean riddle himself. They went to Jo-Jo’s shop again. This shop had been open for one year then, so it was special. The jar of jelly beans of this week was big. Ben knew the right answer this week, and Jo-Jo pointed to him, but he forgot the answer and he didn’t say anything. Then, Jill stepped on Ben’s toes, and he cried “Oh, nuts!” Ben remembered “Peanuts” is the answer! So he answered in a big voice. And he got big jelly bean prize jar. Ben and Jill were very pleased.

I thought that the scene Ben didn’t give up, and he challenged it many times was good.

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