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One
morning while Officer Vogel was on his coffee break in a restaurant, a man ran
in a yelled. "Officer! A little kid is driving a car down the street!"
He
ran out at once and saw a car going
slowly--about 25 miles
an hour--but it was going very straight. He jumped into his police car and
followed it. When the car was stopped, Officer Vogel looked inside. The driver
was a little boy. His name was Rocco Morabiro and was 5. In the back seat was
his two-year-old sister. Both children wen crying.
"I
want my mummy!" the boy cried." But she can't get here. I have the
car." Then he had an idea." Just a minute." He told Officer
Vogel." I can drive. I'll go to get her."
"No!"
Officer Vogel said. "You stay with me!" Then he drove them to the
police station and he called their mother. They had many questions for Rocco.
The first question was: "Where did you get the car keys?"
Rocco
said. "From the top of the refrigerator." At seven that morning
Rocoo's father was work and his mother was sleeping, Rocco saw the keys on top
of the refrigerator. He climbed on a chair, and took the keys.
Rocco
got into the car and started the engine (引擎). When
Rocco's sister heard the engine she ran to the car and cried. She wanted to go
with him.
It was 7 a. m.—rush hour—so there was much traffic. Rocco drove one mile in heavy traffic. Then Officer Vogel stopped him.
Newspapers
and TV stations heard about Rocco, and a lot of reporters went to his house.
Areporter asked Rocco, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"A
truck driver," he said, smiling.