A woman takes a lover home during the day while her husband is at work. Unbeknownst to her, her 9-year-old son is hiding in the closet. Her husband comes home unexpectedly, so she hides her lover in the closet.
The boy now has company in the closet, and he says, “It’s dark in here.”
The man whispers, “Yes, it is.”
Boy: “I have a baseball.”
Man: “That’s nice.”
Boy: “Want to buy it?”
Man: “No, thanks.”
Boy: “My dad’s outside.”
Man: “Okay, how much?”
Boy: “$250.”
In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the mother’s lover are in the closet together.
Boy: “It’s dark in here.”
Man: “Yes, it is.”
Boy: “I have a baseball glove.”
The lover, remembering the last time, asks the boy, “How much?”
Boy: “$750.”
Man: “Sold.”
A few days later, the father says to the boy, “Grab your glove. Let’s go outside and toss the baseball!”
The boy says, “I can’t, I sold them.”
The father asks, “How much did you sell them for?”
Boy: “$1,000.”
The father says, “That’s terrible to overcharge your friends like that… that is way more than those two things cost. I’m going to take you to church and make you confess.”
They go to the church, and the father makes the boy sit in the confession booth and closes the door.
The boy says, “It’s dark in here.”
The priest says, “Don’t start that again.