These are children who went looking for mischief and found it. — Summary of defense counsel THEY STOOD INSIDE the children’s park by the swing. After they had sung the song two or three times together, Bardo said suddenly to Heine, “Say, mister, what happened to your hair?” He scrutinized him carefully in the half-light from the street lamp. Heine grinned broadly. “Man, like, I cut it off!” He felt his head around the sides of the cap. “You know?” he said. “Big gag!” “What’d you do that for, Flip?” Manny asked. “Big gag, I told you! Wonder what Wylie’s doing. Why ain’t he coming?” “He has another engagement,” Bardo said. “Now, let’s proceed. We’ll sing sotto voce.” “I thought we were going to sing your song,” Flip said. “Sotto voce means ‘quietly,’ Heine.” “It’d only take me a minute to run home with Sinny, Bardo,” Manny said as Bardo started to lead them from the park, up toward the pathway between the road and the reservoir.
