Keeping The Kids

A young man volunteered to babysit one night so his mom could have an
evening out. At bedtime he sent the youngsters upstairs to bed and
settled down to watch football. One child kept creeping down the stairs,
but the young man kept sending him back.

At 9:00 p.m., the doorbell rang. It was the next-door neighbor, asking
whether her son was there. The young man brusquely replied, "No."

Just then a little head appeared at the top of the stairs and a voice
shouted, "I'm here, Mom, but he won't let me go home!"