A new one on me

Thursday, 6:02 pm

By Kate

I ran out to the store a while ago, appreciating all the pretty Christmas lights on the street. I was gone about 20 minutes.

When I came home, all the Christmas lights on the street were out except for my next door neighbor’s. And when I climbed out of my car, I realized there was a youngster standing down by the side of my front porch with the extension cord to my lights in his hands. Caught red handed. There was no place for him to run.

And, at that moment, his mother arrived home and surveyed the scene.

She took him around with a flashlight and he plugged everything back in, along with a knock on doors to apologize.

She was some angry with him. Kind of grounded him, too.

I thought it was rather creative, though.