1.   Atlanta police reportedly caught two men with a column, a sundial and crowbars in the truck bed.

2.   Before loading the stones, lay down a sheet of plywood on the truck bed to protect it from dents and abrasion.

3.   Bejeweled and blessed, Miss Quince climbs into the truck bed and heads for Los Dos Compadres dance hall, one hand clutching her crown.

4.   But the men are scrambling into their truck beds and playing pirate, letting ropes fly and heave-hoing boxes into the abyss.

5.   Even so, a law prohibiting kids from riding in truck beds was passed two years ago.

6.   For example, a lever on the side of the dump truck raises and lowers the truck bed.

7.   Fortunately, there is also a large stack of unassembled cardboard boxes with which to protect the truck bed.

8.   Inside the truck bed was a bundle of moaning people, all victims of an antitank mine that had exploded under their truck.

9.   It tore through the truck, nearly severing the cab from the truck bed.

10.   Left behind in the truck bed was a large metal heart, painted red.