Herbert disliked going to school. He was all of nine. He had to bike two miles to catch the school bus. Then after school, he’d get off the bus and bike the two miles home.
He used to hide his bike in the bushes on the side of the road and hitch-hike to the bus. He never had any trouble getting a ride, either to or from the bus stop.
He never had any trouble, never ever, until one day…
…the bus driver said in court a few months later that Herbert never got on the school bus that day.