If your school-age kids show a sudden interest in frequent bathroom visits, don’t get too concerned. They may just be hoping to get lucky.

What appeared to be nothing more than another roll of toilet paper in the boys’ restroom turned out to be a bankroll for fourth-grader Cody Yaeger.

That’s because Cody discovered a $100 bill neatly folded and tucked inside.

The position of the bill — and the pristine condition of the toilet paper roll — left Jamestown Elementary Principal Jack DeLeeuw wondering if the bill was rolled in from the start.

“It’s as if someone at the factory put it in there purposely,” DeLeeuw told The Grand Rapids Press for a Saturday story.

And, on a day which seems all-too-filled with bad news, the best part of this story is that young Cody Yaeger is an honest boy. He took the $100 to directly to his teacher, saying that he didn’t think it was right to keep it. Since nobody claimed the money as theirs, Cody now gets to keep it. But, rather than spend it on himself, Cody says “Maybe I’ll give it to my mom.”

Sounds like she has quite a few reasons to be proud of him.

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