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While I was helping to clean the church, I encountered a 12 year-old boy who was working out his court sentence for theft by doing community service. He asked me what bad thing I had done to be working there. “Why son, I didn’t do anything wrong. I’m just helping out the church. What did you do?” I ventured. “I didn’t do nuttin’ either, “ he assured me. Alarmed, I asked why he hadn’t told that to the arresting officer. “What was the use?” He muttered. “He went to my house and found all the stuff.” Laura Panaro