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But this meant that there were not enough

regular officers to fill the need, so the reserve

deputies were asked to help out.
Scott gladly accepted the opportunity to

spend time with one of the children, and was

assigned to take an eight-year-old boy named
David. When Scott took David out to eat,

David, accustomed to having very little money,

only ordered a small hamburger and a water.
Scott, knowing that wasn’t sufficient, more than

quadrupled the order for him. David was
amazed at the amount of food, but happily ate

it.

When it came time to go shopping, Scott
took David to the local department store. He

was sure David would want some toys for

himself, so that was where they started. But
David was not interested in that.

“Would you like to look at something
else?” Scott asked.

David nodded. “Can we look at clothes? I

would like to get a new coat.”
That was when Scott noticed how

threadbare the coat was that David was wearing,

and he thought that he should have realized

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