Two Dimes & A Nickel (2002)
a short film by Tucker T. Dansie

In the film, a young boy about 5 years old (Summit Campbell) is at an outdoor garden store with his grandmother (Clara Susan Morey II). While the grandmother picks out some plants, he innocently picks up some interesting-seeming rocks from the gravel covering the ground in the outdoor shopping area. They go inside and the grandmother pays for her purchases.

Then, as she is about to leave, she notices that the boy is holding some rocks in his hand. She tells him that he can't take those home. The kindly young cashier (Mazall Sharp) says that it's all right. But the grandmother wants to teach her grandson a lesson about paying for things that belong to the store. The digs in his pocket and pulls a quarter, and says that's all the money he has. The cashier states that there just happens to be a special in the store that day, and that the boy can buy the rocks for 25 cents. The cashier makes a show of ringing up the "purchase" and then puts the rocks in a paper bag which she hands to the boy. The boy and his grandmother thank the cashier. As they turn to leave, the cashier tells them, "Wait! You forgot your change." The boy holds out his hand and the cashier drops into the boy's hand his "change": two dimes and a nickel.

Length: 6 min. 34 sec.

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"Two Dimes & A Nickel" OPENING credits as they appear in the film

"Two Dimes & A Nickel" CLOSING credits as they appear in the film