The man reluctantly paid the boy, and after waiting for an hour, finally managed to sneak out of the house unseen.
A few weeks later, it happens again.
“Dark in here,” the boy says.
“Yes, it is,” the man replies.
“I have a baseball glove.”
“That’s nice.”
“Want to buy it?”
“No, thanks.”
“I think I just remembered something I needed to tell my dad.”
“How much did you say the glove was again?”
“$750.”
“Fine.”
A few days later, the father says to the boy, “Grab your glove. Let’s go outside and toss the baseball!”
“I can’t. I sold them,” the boy replies.
“Really? How much did you sell them for?”
“$1,000.”
“It’s terrible to over-charge your friends like that! That is way more than those two things cost. I’m going to take you to church and make you confess.”
They go to church and the father alerts the priest and makes the little boy sit in the confession booth and closes the door.
