ABoyandHisFatherBecomePartners
拉尔夫·穆迪 / RalphMody
， though， ， andsomehowIcouldn’tstopthinkingaboutit.
， butbeforeshehadanyideawhohaddoneit， IcouldconfessI’.
’， ， Iwenttothebarnandhidthechocolatethere.
Alltherestofafternoon， Ididn’’tbelieveme， ’.
Onthewayoutforthecows， ’treallystolenthewholebarofchocolate， ’sasmuchasIwouldhavetaken， tooifMotherhadn’， Iwouldn’ thavedoneanythingwrongatall.
， Mothermightnevernoticeit.
IwasnearlyouttowherethecowswerewhenIrememberedwhatFatherhadsaidonce—’titbeallrighttofigurethebarofchocolatehadbeenboughtwithmyownmoney？ Thatseemedtofixeverything.
ButbythetimeIhadthecowsheadedhome， ， I’， I’， I’dboughtthebarwithmyownmoneyanditwouldn’tbestealingtokeepit.
， itpointedmostlywest—butalittlesouth.
ThatnightIcouldn’， slippedoutintotheyard， .
JustasIwasstartingtocut， Fathersaid： “Son！”
