back when I was a kid, I was friends with a woman called jane

jane had 4 kids, and she braught her kids everything- if they wanted it in the house, jane would buy it for them

one day when I went to jane's house, I saw a big machine in the hallway with flashing lights

I'm like to her... what's that, jane?. it looks really good

she explained that it was a fruit machine and you put money in it to play a game (and try and win stuff back). her older kids kelly and emma wanted it for themselves (the boys were too young to play with it)

I played it every time I went round her house from that day on, I loved it (and even won money sometimes)

well one day when I went round her house she told me she'd got me a fruit machine of my own

I'm like wow, really?. a full sized fruit machine?. just like yours?

but it wasn't... what she'd got me was a tiny tiny version of it (you could actually hold it on your lap), and it didn't have the lights or the buttons

I remember going from like wow... I can't believe it, to.... I'm actually let down by this

and I felt so bad too, because she did make an effert- and I did keep it for a couple of months before getting rid of it