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missing the party, I had enjoyed my evening.
Lenny wasn’t at church the next day, so I found
his mother. “Where’s Lenny?” I asked, laughing. “Is
he still in bed from staying up too late partying?”
But there was no humor showing in her face as
she answered. “He and the others with him were
arrested for mugging little kids for their Halloween
candy. They’re still in jail.”
Suddenly I knew what me meant by helping some
kids stay healthy, and I was glad that that was one party
I had missed.
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