The Alicia and Her Sister's Story is a very good story and it was one that was told to me by a 12-year-old girl at a town hall meeting in Idaho many years ago. And it goes like this: Alicia and her little sister had told their mom that they wanted to go to the park and play and they, of course, got permission from their mother. When they were in the park, they were approached by a man in a truck on the periphery of the park who asked them to help them find his puppy. Well, the little sister wanted to do it, but Alicia was a little more street-smart than her sister, and she was emphatic and said, "Absolutely not." He then offered them some money to look for the puppy. Alicia took her sister and she said they ran an obstacle course through the park. Knowing that he was in a vehicle, it would be difficult for him to chase them. What he did instead was ride around to the other side of the park and approach them yet one more time. At that point, Alicia went to a house across the street, somebody that she didn't know, and knocked on the door and asked for help. That was the end of the situation. What Alicia did were the five probably most important rules a child can do in a time of threat. She checked with her parents, she was with another person, she trusted her instinct, her instinct told her there was something wrong, she put distance between herself and whatever that was, and she realized that she could go to strangers to help her out of a difficult situation. Alicia and her sister are happy and safe now, and it's because of her good thinking.