A Cub Scout trop was half an hour late to its den meeting. The den mother asked them severely, "Why are you so late?"?/p>

"Oh,"?said one boy, "We were helping an old man cross the street."?/p>

"That"s a nice thing for scouts to do,"?said the mother. She paused. "But it shouldn't make you half an hour late."?/p>

"Well, you see,"?said another boy, "he didn't want to go."?/p>