Well I found him sitting on a Sioux City park bench one cold November afternoon. Me.. I was just drifting thru. He said he was 14 and he was running away from home, and no he wouldn't mind some company. So I sat down and smoked my last cigarette he pulled out a candy bar. And we started talking about the how's and the why's and we watched the first snow start to fall. I said "Hey little dude", now I know the whole world looks a lot better to you now, but you know, you gotta hold onto your home cause home is what's gonna keep you warm...so if you gotta run someplace run outta this here park and back home. Now I don't have any money to help get you there but here... take my coat I can't let you go cold. Standing out at the edge of town leaning on a Route 20 sign, snow blowing all around I thought about my home and how far away it was. And as night come on the wind picked up I started thinking about the cold , and the blizzard I might be spending the night with. And then I realized I didn't have a coat anymore and somewhere so was that little boy... I was alone. Well along about midnight I started to say my prayers cause the road was gone and I wasn't far behind. All a sudden I saw some blue lights whirling and flashing and a patrolman helped me into a warm car and there inside was my little runaway friend and he wrapped my coat around me. Well all I could say was "Thank-You both for saving my life". But the Officer looked me straight in the eye and said ...."Thank-You ...for sending .. my little boy ...back home...to me"....