Little Johnny Goes to Mobster School

By Rose Marie Colucci

Little Johnny Goes to Mobster School is a young boy’s education on growing up in the Mobster business. He wants to make money to impress Claudia, a girl in his class, and calls upon his wise-guy Uncle Sal to teach him tricks on making money. But as Uncle Sal teaches Little Johnny the business, he keeps missing the vital messages. Follow Little Johnny and his friends in their mischievous adventures as they embark on quests to make easy money.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rose Marie Colucci
• Release date: Aug 5, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301022007

Rose Marie Colucci

Rose Marie Colucci is the author of Little Johnny goes to Mobster School, Little Johnny the Entrepreneur, Little Johnny in Risky Business, Lobster for Dinner, and Under the Yellow Kite. She is the creator of Sockfrock Adventures and Sockfrock Books.

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Little Johnny goes to Mobster School

Rose Marie Colucci

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Kasimir Publishing

Little Johnny goes to Mobster School- Book 1

By Rose Marie Colucci

Copyright©2018 Rose Marie Colucci

All Rights Reserved

Smashwords Edition

Kasimir Publishing

Montreal, Quebec

Canada H1L 5S7

Little Johnny goes to Mobster School is a young boy’s education on growing up in the Mobster business. He wants to make money to impress Claudia, a girl in his class, and calls upon his wise-guy Uncle Sal to teach him tricks on making money. But as Uncle Sal teaches Little Johnny the business, he keeps missing the vital messages. Follow Little Johnny and his friends in their mischievous adventures as they embark on quests to make easy money.

Rose Marie Colucci is the author of Sockfrock Adventures, Little Johnny series, Under the Yellow Kite, and Lobster for dinner. She is a magazine writer and an English teacher.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Mom’s purse

Chapter 2: A picture for school

Chapter 3: Uncle Sal’s Mobster School

Chapter 4: Uncle Sal’s Story

Chapter 5: Road to recovery

Chapter 6: Little Johnny applies rule #1

Chapter 7: Back in class

Chapter 8: Meeting Claudia

Chapter 9: At school

Chapter 10: Back in Mamma`s purse

Chapter 11: Little Johnny meets Claudia again

Chapter 12: Miss Brown

Chapter 13: The park bench

Chapter 14: Uncle Sal`s school

Chapter 15: Compensating for Claudia’s losses

Chapter 16: The Master Plan

Chapter 17: The Master Plan in action

Chapter 18: Sunday class

Chapter 19: The math test

Chapter 20: The math test results

Chapter 21: Another plan

Chapter 22: Putting it together

Chapter 23: Uncle Sal gets a visitor

Chapter 24: Going home

Chapter 25: Future projects

Chapter 1

Mom’s purse

Hey, Little Johnny, wat ya doin’? The voice rang as a slight murmur behind his earlobes.

Huh!!! He was sure there was no one home.

The last thing on Little Johnny’s mind was the possibility of getting caught in the middle of the act. What can be worse for a ten-year old than to get caught in the middle of the act and have the painstaking task of justifying the unjustifiable?

But this time, he had been taken completely off guard by Uncle Sal. His big Uncle had sneaked up behind him as if he had ballerina toes without making a sound. How could nature mishap such a big guy like Uncle Sal, giving him the talent of walking around without making noise and landing unexpectedly like a fly in your soup?

Wat ya doin’ standing on a chair, fumbling in ya modda’s purse? asked Uncle Sal in his neighborhood accent of Italian descent. He was always suspicious of little boys with their hand inside their mamma`s purse.

Uncle Sal…really it’s not what you think…

Ya sure about tat? Tis never about wat I tink. I tink is about wat I see! And wat I see is ya modda’s purse conveniently placed on da kitchen table with a kid`s hand in it. Tat wat I see.

But Uncle Sal, how did you know where to find me? I could have been anywhere in the house.

You mean how I walked into da kitchen right on time to catch you?

Yes, I suppose it’s what I meant, said Little Johnny somewhat embarrassed.

Experience.

Please don’t tell my Mom, please Uncle Sal.

Listen Little Johnny, tis not so good idea to take money from ya modda’s purse. Your fadda, well… it don’t take long for him to find out, being connected and all.

I won’t do it again, said Little Johnny. I promise.

I understand a kid like yous needs money to buy candy or whatever other stuff. Everybody needs money. But there are odda ways.

I wasn’t taking money, honestly. You’ve got to believe me Uncle Sal.

Oh ya, shurr, I believe ya, said Uncle Sal. Then wat ya doin with your hand inside da purse?

I was looking for something. Something really important, insisted Little Johnny.

Oh ya, shurr. Like you gonna teach a wise-guy an old trick?

But Uncle Sal, I was looking for….

Tat’s right, Little Johnny. I see you wit ya modda’s wallet right in da smack of ya hand. And you wanna slip me a fast one by making me believe ya lookin for soma-ting!

But Uncle Sal…

Did it ever occur to you, tat ya modda might need da money for da family to buy milk, bread, pasta and tomatoes? Wat she tink when she find da money gone?

She won’t know it’s me.

Na…na, Little Johnny, said Uncle Sal shaking his head. Ya not doing tings right. There are other ways to do tings.

What do you mean Uncle Sal?

I mean you gotta use yur brain.

But I thought mobsters take money from other people all the time, said Little Johnny.

Ya, they do, but it depends to who.

What do you mean, Uncle Sal?

You don’t take money from ya family, especially not from ya modda.

But Mom gives me money all the time, said Little Johnny. I’m sure she won’t mind if I helped myself.

Uncle Sal put his hand on his forehead. What to do wit ya!

Little Johnny thought that his big Uncle Sal was too sensitive.

Ya see son, it’s all calculated, continued Uncle Sal pointing at his brain.

Calculated?

"Ya