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 1   Q      It was on a rowboat?
 2   A      Yes.
 3   Q      Okay.  What did you do in the woods that time?
 4   A      We just -- we didn't do anything.  We just went, um, 
 5   out in the, um -- in the water.
 6   Q      Now, you told, um, Doctor Betty that the time that 
 7   the -- Mr. Bob shot the lion that this was out in the woods 
 8   at the Hayes; do you know where the Hayes is?
 9   A      Yes.
10   Q      Okay.  Can you tell me what kind of a place that is?
11   A      It's out by a bridge.
12   Q      Okay.  And how did you get there?
13   A      We -- we, um, we walked there.
14   Q      Okay.  Who walked there?
15   A      Mr. Bob and me and Alex and Will.
16   Q      Okay.  You told Doctor Betty that one time you went 
17   out there that there was an old pirate ship out there that 
18   you saw it sink?
19   A      Yes.
20   Q      Somebody shot it with a cannon and the boat sank?
21   A      Yes.
22   Q      Who shot the pirate ship with a cannon?
23   A      I don't know.
24   Q      Okay.  Now, was that a true story?
25   A      No.
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 1   Q      Okay.  Why did you tell that story?
 2   A      It was just on a movie.
 3   Q      You saw it on a movie?
 4   A      Yes.
 5   Q      Okay.  Now, you told Doctor Betty that your dad was 
 6   there with you when that happened; was that the truth?
 7   A      Yes.
 8   Q      Okay.  Well, were you ever really there at all?
 9   A      No, I just saw it on a movie out on a boat.
10   Q      Okay.  Did you ever go to the Hayes at all?
11   A      Yes.
12   Q      Who did you go there with?
13   A      With my dad.
14   Q      Okay.  Did you ever go with Mr. Bob?
15   A      Yes.
16   Q      Was your dad there that time?
17   A      No.
18   Q      All right.  Well, what happened the time you went 
19   with Mr. Bob?
20   A      We just, um -- we just went out on a little beach.
21   Q      Okay.  What did you do when you went out on a little 
22   beach?
23   A      We found this thing that used to be a cannon.
24   Q      You found an old cannon?
25   A      Yes.
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 1   Q      Okay.  Well, now, was it a real cannon?
 2   A      Yes, it used to be, but, um, the fire thing broke 
 3   off.
 4   Q      Okay.  What else did you do while you were there?
 5   A      I don't know.
 6   Q      Were -- was Alex and Will with you?
 7   A      Yes.
 8   Q      Okay.  And how did you get there that time?
 9   A      We just walked.
10   Q      You walked there; where did you walk from?
11   A      We, um, we drove there but we stopped, um, somewhere 
12   and then we walked the rest.
13   Q      Okay.  When you started driving where did you start 
14   driving from?
15   A      From the day care.
16   Q      Okay.  Where were you when you stopped?
17   A      Where those cannons -- those three cannons were.
18   Q      Okay.  You saw three cannons?
19   A      (Nods head).  
20   Q      Okay.  And you started walking then?
21   A      Yes.
22   Q      And you walked until you got to the Hayes?
23   A      Yes.
24   Q      Okay.  And that's where you found the old cannon?
25   A      Yes.
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 1   Q      Okay.  Did you do anything else that time?
 2   A      No.
 3   Q      What did you do after you found the old cannon?
 4   A      We just, um, we just went back to the day care.
 5   Q      Okay.  Do you remember what you were -- when you were 
 6   riding what you were riding on that time?
 7   A      No.
 8   Q      You don't remember whether it was a car or a truck?
 9   A      It was a truck.
10   Q      Okay.  Do you remember what kind of truck it was?
11   A      It was Mr. Bob's truck.
12   Q      Okay.  Was that his plumbing truck?
13   A      Yes.
14   Q      Now, is that a true story, Richard?
15   A      Yes.
16   Q      And the one that you told to Doctor Betty is not 
17   true?
18   A      No.
19   Q      Now, you told Doctor Betty that ah, -- when she asked 
20   you if there were any animals at Little Rascals that they 
21   had a mom and a father and two little dogs in a cage; do you 
22   remember telling her that?
23   A      No.
24   Q      Okay.  Did you ever tell her that?
25   A      Yes.
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 1   Q      Okay.  Did you ever see that at the day care?
 2   A      No.
 3   Q      Okay.  So that was not a true story, was it?
 4   A      No.
 5   Q      Okay.  So you weren't telling the truth when you 
 6   talked to Doctor Betty?
 7   A      I was, but I just, um, saw it on the playground.
 8   Q      Okay.  What did you see on the playground?
 9   A      I saw, um, a dog and some -- I saw some things in 
10   cages.
11   Q      What did you see in cages?
12   A      A dog, and -- and two snakes.
13   Q      A dog and two snakes?
14   A      Yes.
15   Q      Were they all in the same cage?
16   A      No.
17   Q      Okay.  They were in different cages?
18   A      Yes.
19   Q      Richard, was this at the day care, the big brick 
20   building with the glass doors?
21   A      Yes.
22   Q      It was.  Okay.  Was it out in the playground there?
23   A      Yes.
24   Q      Now, who had the dog and the snakes that were in the 
25   cages; who did they belong to?
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 1   A      I don't know.
 2   Q      Do you know who put them there?
 3   A      No.
 4   Q      Did the other children see them?
 5   A      Yes.
 6   Q      Okay.  Did the other grown-ups there see them?
 7   A      Yes.
 8   Q      Can you tell me what the dog looked like?
 9   A      I forgot what it looked like.
10   Q      Okay.  Can you tell me what the snakes looked like?
11   A      They were green snakes.
12   Q      What happened to them?
13   A      I don't know.
14   Q      Okay.  Did they stay there a long time?
15   A      Yes.
16   Q      Were they there more than one day?
17   A      They were only -- they were only there for one day.
18   Q      Okay.  They were there for one day; do you know who 
19   took them away?
20   A      No.
21   Q      Now, is that a true story?
22   A      Yes.
23   Q      Richard, when you were at Little Rascals, did you 
24   like Ms. Dawn?
25   A      Yes.
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 1   Q      Okay.  Did she ever do any bad things?
 2   A      Yes.
 3   Q      She did?
 4   A      Yes.
 5   Q      Okay.  What kind of bad things did she do?
 6   A      She touched some people.
 7   Q      She touched some children?
 8   A      Yes.
 9   Q      Who were the children that Ms. Dawn touched?
10   A      Alex and Will and me.
11   Q      Okay.  Where did she touch Alex?
12   A      On the bottom.
13   Q      Okay.  And where did she touch Will?
14   A      On the wee-wee.
15   Q      And where did she touch you?
16   A      She touched me on the wee-wee.
17   Q      Okay.  Did that all happen at one time or was it 
18   different times?
19   A      It was different times.
20   Q      Okay.  When Ms. Dawn touched Alex where was she then?
21   A      She was in the kitchen.
22   Q      Okay.  Who else was in the kitchen?
23   A      Nobody else.
24   Q      How did you see that happen?

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