By Cheslie W., Age 17
It was a beautiful sunny day with a few clouds scattered across the sky and a light breeze that flowed through the screens of opened windows and doors. For the first time in several months, my younger sister and I were getting along quite well. We were home alone, doing our own thing, when I heard a constant rummaging noise in the backyard. I went into my parent’s room and peeked through the louvers; at first I thought it was just a rooster that had flown into our avocado tree but as I looked on more, I saw a middle aged man up in our tree, picking our avocados.