"More importantly, inside that building is a precious diamond, worth much more than the building itself”

Why shouldn’t he be happy to see us? Yitzy thought to himself. Since I didn’t get a hundred on the math test, he gets to keep the building instead of us

“Think about it,” he continued. “Why do you think Mr. Greenbaum made up that whole contest in the first place?”

He was so overwhelmed; he could hardly talk. Finally, he was able to squeak out two words: “Thank you”

Who would have ever believed that he, Yitzy Levinson, the boy who never paid attention in class, could have done such a thing?

"Why do you look so upset? You look like someone who just lost a contest, not someone who won!”