But a mother usually can tell when her child is saying one thing and means to say something else.

About an hour later, the children said, they saw the man leave the park without the child and told their parents.

They were often told no one would believe what the children said.

The three children looked at one another but said nothing.

And of course the other children said, but what about a girl?

He must have heard something of what the child had said.

By age 2, most children can say at least 50 words.

She wrote it out of her own head, as the children say.

A young child can learn and say these parts with the person who is reading the story.

One child said that his teacher wouldn't let them talk about the war, and he had so many questions.