One night, the villagers living by the southern coast of Temasek were awakened by the howling winds and the crashing waves.
there was once an arrogant girl called amy , who wanted to prove that she was the best student in the class so she chose the weakest student , joan , and challenged her to a contest ; both had to make a toy windmill out of lolly sticks . whoevor got the highest mark from their teacher would be the winner.
joan accepted and a deadline of one week was set for the completion of each model . joan began collecting lolly stick straigth away , but amy messed about , visited her friend , and told them how she was better than joan , and how joan's windmill would inevitably suck.
it was the night before the deadline , and amy , so confident that she would win the contest , hadn't even begun building yet.
at 10 pm she decided that she had better get started , but she was so tired from visiting her friend that she fell asleep before she had even opened a tube of wood glue . the day of the contest dawned , and the teacher wanted to see both windmill.
joan presented her model which was small , leaned slightly to one side , and looked a little odd , due to the fact that the lolly sticks were all dirty and used . her name was called , but she wasn't there.
the teacher was about to award the prize to joan , when her rival burst into the classroom , red in the face , holding aloft a beautifully - crafted and lovingly - painted toy windmill made out of brand new lolly sticks . the teacher and the students were astonished , and amy's face glowed with pride . the only problem was the price tag , which read $25 . it was still visible for everybody to see , dangling beneath amy's model . amy was humiliated , but joan was named the winner of the contest , and placed her model on the teacher's desk narvously.
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