[beezdotcom]

One thing that irritates me is the girls' family defending them as wonderful kids that never did anything bad, and then taking money from strangers because of this story. Maybe people are paying the bills for the girls' prank.

You seem hung up on the fact that this was a 'prank'. Most of the other neighbors agree that it wasn't, but was instead a nice gesture. Doesn't the judgement of the rest of the neighbors count for anything in this story?

[Judith Anne]

I don't know...just seems to me that the girls could think of a lot of ways to make a "nice gesture" that wouldn't get the sheriff called.

I'm not "hung up" on anything except I'm annoyed at the really low comments posted by some FReepers about Mrs. Young, and I just don't buy the GIRLS' as victims sob story. Apparently most here do.