This past Halloween my brother had an unexpected guest, an old friend from high school. Instead of being home to greet trick-or-treaters, as he had planned to do, he went out with his old friend. He hated to leave the house unattended and not give the neighborhood children any treats. He had intended to hand out apples, so he set the bag of apples on the porch with a sign that read, “Take some, Leave some.”

Later that night, when he got home… there were three sacks of apples.