¹     Debbi Fields wanted to "be somebody." She grew up poor. She wanted to make a lot of money. What did she know how to do? She knew how to make cookies. She dreamed of having her own cookie business. When she was 20 years old, she opened her first cookie shop in California. It was called "Mrs. Fields' Chocolate Chippery." That was in 1977.
 
²     Mrs. Fields started by baking chocolate chip cookies and selling them in one small store. Her business grew, and her cookie dream came true. She owned more than 600 stores all over the world. She also wrote several cookbooks.
 
³     Mrs. Fields Cookies became a big business. Debbi Fields has since sold her company, but it still carries her name. She can say that she sees her name all over the world. .....
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