CastlesBurning
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The flower just keeps sticking in my mind as something a bit odd to give a toddler...I mean, a piece of candy, sure, or a little toy of some kind. It also suggests to me that it was an impromptu gesture, as it was just before Christmas and a pointsettia decoration could have been grabbed anywhere. Did the abductor improvise in giving something to Billy's little sister to keep her busy, or altogether improvise, not planning on taking a child until that moment?
Also, it seems specific that the abductor wanted a boy. Billy's sister was right there with him, and at age two would have been just as easy to abduct. Although she was younger, was her speech better than Billy's (as girls sometimes do?) It's noted that Billy did not yet speak well, although he was going on four. Perhaps the choice of child had to do with taking the one who would not be likely to prattle anything noteworthy or alarming to any people they met?
Not sure where I'm going with any of this, if anywhere; just kind of musing...
Also, it seems specific that the abductor wanted a boy. Billy's sister was right there with him, and at age two would have been just as easy to abduct. Although she was younger, was her speech better than Billy's (as girls sometimes do?) It's noted that Billy did not yet speak well, although he was going on four. Perhaps the choice of child had to do with taking the one who would not be likely to prattle anything noteworthy or alarming to any people they met?
Not sure where I'm going with any of this, if anywhere; just kind of musing...