Scary Things #10
This is another missing kid story--about my Matthew when he was 4--the last of my brood of five. It was during school time, and I couldn't find him.Of course I looked in all the logical places to no avail. Matt was very adventuresome, so I was truly worried. I called the police, and when they arrived I learned there were three others of the same age missing. Everyone in the neighborhood was searching, but none of us heard anything until around 4 p.m. First, I received a call from a woman I knew from PTA who was also a crossing guard for a school 4 or 5 miles away. She told me this story: She came home from work and heard kids' voices in her back yard. She went out there and found what she said were four little white kids with her chow dog. She happened to be African American. She said the dog didn't usually like kids he didn't know but they all seemed to be getting along. She also said they'd eaten lots of oranges from her trees--peels were all...