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Olive is almost done planning out her tax office, but can she afford it? Little Blue Riding Hood is known for her secretive extra fees and underhanded business dealings.
Transcript
- 00:14
The great day has finally arrived. [moving day circled in red on a calendar]
- 00:16
The furniture for Olive’s tax office will soon be delivered.
- 00:19
Olive is so happy that she’s dancing all around the office space.
- 00:23
It's fun until she pulls a hamstring, while trying to do a split. [Olive attempting the splits in the office]
- 00:27
….aaaand she splits her pants.
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- 00:29
Whoops.
- 00:30
As she rubs Icy hot on her hamstring and sews her pants, she realizes she’s got another
- 00:34
problem...
- 00:35
She hasn't paid for any of the furniture she's having delivered. [Olive looking concerned at not paying for her furniture]
- 00:38
Olive has been trying to get control of her life and be more prepared.
- 00:41
So she decides to calculate the total cost of furniture, plus moving expenses, to be
- 00:45
sure she has enough money to cover it all when the movers arrive. [Olive making notes of the cost of furniture and moving expenses in a notepad]
- 00:48
After all, she ended up going with Little Blue Riding Hood’s moving company…
- 00:53
And that little girl may have the best rates, but she also has a serious attitude and an [Little blue riding hood girl walking through a misty dark forest]
- 00:57
army of brawny woodsmen to back up her demands.
- 01:00
So Olive starts by making a list of all her furniture.
- 01:02
She writes down how much each piece of furniture costs….
- 01:05
And she also writes how much who will be charged for each piece to be delivered. [Olive noting down moving expenses on a new piece of paper]
- 01:09
Olive is feeling so pleased with herself.
- 01:11
How awesome is it that she’s writing down numbers in neat rows and adding them all up?
- 01:16
Of course, maybe that shouldn’t feel like such an accomplishment since she’s about [Olive dancing in her chair]
- 01:19
to open a tax office.
- 01:21
But whatever…Olive will not be swayed by such silly doubts.
- 01:24
She finishes by calculating the cost for the furniture and the delivery.
- 01:28
Whoa…the number is a lot bigger than Olive had estimated it would be.
- 01:32
Man…what if numbers really aren’t her thing? [Olive with a surprised look at the cost of moving the furniture]
- 01:35
Should she really be opening a tax office?
- 01:37
Hm…maybe she should actually know how to do taxes first…
- 01:40
Oh, well!
- 01:41
She's got a sweet office.
- 01:42
The rest will just fall into place, right? [Olive dancing out of the tax office door]
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