As usual, the twins were trying to persuade their mother to buy them some candy or chewing gum. Mom was quietly, but firmly telling them no.
“We have plenty of left over Halloween candy at home,” she explained.
The twins knew this, but never fully accepted this line of reasoning. In their opinion, one could never have enough candy and so, never failed to ask for more. Further, the twins never accepted ‘no’ as an answer, not immediately anyway. They always pushed and pushed, until their mother was on the verge of loosing her temper.
Finally the bill was totaled and mom was busy writing out a check. Soon they would all be out of the store and headed home. Josh was sure he’d committed the perfect crime but would feel a lot better about the situation when he was safe at home.