Most people would think that a paperclip is not worth very much.
Do you think that one red paperclip is worth as much as these things above? The answer might surprise you.
On July 14, 2005, Kyle MacDonald made a plan.
He wanted to see if he could get a house for one red paperclip!
He asked people to trade something to him for his paperclip.
Two women agreed to trade a fish pen for the paperclip.
Kyle traded his fish pen for a doorknob.
He traded his doorknob for a little stove.
He kept trading and he got bigger and better things.
Kyle got a van, a holiday for two people, and a year in a house!
Kyle even got to meet Alice Cooper, a famous singer.
He helped Kyle get a snow globe.
Kyle traded that snow globe for a part in a movie.
With that movie part, Kyle made one last trade.
On June 5, 2006, almost a year after he started, Kyle finally got his house!
That's how Kyle MacDonald traded one red paperclip for a house.
What would you trade for one red paperclip?
Exercise
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