Tax

In stone fox(chapter5)is about taxes, the people pay taxes to the government, so the government spend tax to the following:

police for:
-gun
-hand calfs
-clothes
-jail

And also they pay hospital:
-medicine
-beds
-clothes

They do the same With fire fighters:
-water
-car
-clothes

Also they pay for who fix the street and who put the lights and give electricity for them.
So grandfather is sick because he didn't pay 500$dollar for taxes.