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There he was, trying to roll under the chain link fence that divided the two tennis courts.  It took a second, then I saw why he was pinned down like so.  There was a tennis ball that belonged to him, just out of reach.  Rather than run out of his court and into mine, he thought he'd just roll under that loose chain link.

But a ten-year-old boy already has massive amounts of dignity, so I kept a very straight face and said, "Is this what you're after?" and brought him the ball.  Disengaged several corners of his clothing from the talons of the chain link, as his sister scolded at him not to do that again.  

Kids can be so charmingly oblivious to "what will work" and maybe that's why they have so many adventures.