In Walter Dean Myer’s realistic short story, “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” Greg learns that treasure doesn’t always have to be money. In the beginning of the story, Greg is a boy who doesn’t value much, especially what his father has to say. In the story, it states, “...then lecturing endlessly about his poor efforts in math. ‘I had to leave school when I was thirteen,’ his father has said, ‘that’s a year younger than you are now. If I’d had half the chances you have, I’d...’” ( Page 1, Paragraph 2). After getting bad grades, Greg doesn’t see that his father cares for him and his education, and just wants him to lead a better life than himself. Next, it says, “‘Sure,’ Greg said as he sat on the sofa and put one leg over the back. ‘What