“Slow down. Let’s think logically. What exactly is suspicious here? Kids always like to look at animals”
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Bentzi:
The nice, normal kid turned sharply away from the fence. For a moment he looked in my direction, his eyes wide and startled behind his large glasses. Then he turned his back on me and began to walk quickly away down the street, in Asher’s direction. I waited a moment and then started following him.
From afar I saw Asher behind a tree. Was that his idea of hiding? You could see him right away. He would have attracted less attention if he had just stood as usual on the sidewalk, instead of trying to hide behind a tree that was narrower than him.
Asher came out from behind the tree and said something to the boy in the glasses, who continued walking on without stopping. Asher came toward me, and Moishy came out of the yard and joined us.
“Couldn’t you catch him?” I was disappointed.
“What do you think I am, a policeman?” protested Asher. “How exactly could I have prevented him from getting away? You wouldn’t have been able to do it either.”
“Maybe at least I would have gotten some information from him.”
“How? I asked him what he wanted here, but he just said ‘nothing, I was only looking,’ and walked straight on.”
