41.   Mayor Rudolph Giuliani wanted the boy to come help him drop the ball at the Times Square millennial celebration.

42.   One boy came home from foster care with a black eye, Ms. Vanegas said angrily, displaying a color photo of a fading, yellow bruise.

43.   Our three boys have come home each day, their minds bulging with new information as surely as their backpacks bulge with textbooks and assignments.

44.   She said she was stunned when, years later, the boys came forward to describe their abuse.

45.   She said the boy came outside to greet them.

46.   Since this is a holiday tale, you know dad and boy will come to understand, respect and possibly even love one another.

47.   She never knew when her boogie woogie bugle boy would come marching home.

48.   So while he was developing his skills at Tempe McClintock High School, the big boys came calling.

49.   Some Livingston residents said they were surprised at the arrests, saying that the two boys came from solid families and had no history of serious trouble.

50.   Subsequently other boys came forward, describing similar patterns of seduction and abuse.