Money Is a Five Letter Word

Tom, Mrs. Livingston, Norman and Tina all receive an envelope in the mail, each containing ten, crisp, new $100 bills. None of them know who their secret benefactor is. Beyond each having a different reaction to the money and what to do with theirs, each does want to find out who sent them the money. The only clue is that the address on the envelope was typed on a toy typewriter, just like the one Eddie has. Later at home, Tom hears Eddie typing away behind closed doors in his bedroom. Tom walks in on Eddie typing an envelope. Tom also sees a wad of money in Eddie's desk drawer. Eddie, the secret benefactor, was just about to send some more money, this time to his friends. Apparently he found the money, which came in a bank bag, and didn't tell Tom about it since Tom taught him not to tell when doing a good deed in fear of people thinking ulterior motives for doing so. Although Eddie wants to continue to be a pseudo Robin Hood, he decides to return the $10,000 to the bank after a discussion with Tom and gets a $25 reward from the bank. The day after, Eddie is upset. The kids at school called him a goody-goody and called Tom a dummy for returning the money. Eddie thinks the kids hate him. What's just as bad is that some of Tom's friends have the exact same reaction to Tom as Eddie's friends. Tom surmises that their behavior is because those people feel uncomfortable with someone who did "the right thing" when they themselves know deep in their heart that they should also if given the opportunity but probably wouldn't. Tom ultimately convinces Eddie that he should take into consideration that he himself, Norman, Tina and Mrs. Livingston, the most important people in is life, think he did the right thing. And Eddie made his mother in heaven proud.