I'd had the piggy bank for a long time. So long, in fact, that I don't really remember getting it. My aunt once told me a whole story about it, in which it was passed down through the family for many, many years, only to come to me. I was pretty little at the time, so I believed her with no question. It made me think that the bank was important. It became some sort of sign of family and togetherness. I would imagine my mom and my grandmother and even my great grandmother before that, putting coins in the little white pig and waiting for them to fill it up, to be spent on some sort of treasure. And then, when I was fifteen, I broke it. 

I didn't mean to. I was cleaning my room in a hurry, so I could finish quickly and go to a friend's house. I swung the vacuum hose around too quickly, knocking the pig's shelf, and down it went. About a thousand pieces, and way fewer coins than I would have believed, flew everywhere. I started to cry. 

My mother came in at the sound of the crash. "I'm so, so sorry!" I cried. "I broke the bank! I broke the family bank!" "What, Sarah?" my mother asked, kneeling next to me on the floor. "The what?" "The bank! Aunt Tracy said it was in the family for years!" "What, this? We got it for you at a garage sale when you were two. It was fifty cents."
How long did the author have the piggy bank?
What color was it?
Who told her the story about it?
What was her name?
What about the author?
What about her parent?
What did Sarah use to break the pig?
Why did she break it?
What did it symbolize to her?
Why did she believe Tracy's story?
How much did it cost?
a long time
I'd had the piggy bank for a long time. 
white
 putting coins in the little white pig
her aunt
My aunt once told me a whole story about it
Tracy
Aunt Tracy
Sarah
"I broke the bank! I broke the family bank!" "What, Sarah?" my mother asked
unknown
unknown
the vacuum hose
I swung the vacuum hose around too quickly, knocking the pig's shelf, and down it went.
she didn't mean to
I didn't mean to. I was cleaning my room in a hurry, so I could finish quickly and go to a friend's house. I swung the vacuum hose around too quickly, knocking the pig's shelf, and down it went. 
a sign of family and togetherness
It became some sort of sign of family and togetherness. 
she was little at the time
 I was pretty little at the time, so I believed her with no question.
fifty cents.
We got it for you at a garage sale when you were two. It was fifty cents.