We were having dinner at a Japanese restaurant the other night. A thirty-something couple with a young child had finished their sushi and were preparing to leave. While papa was paying the bill and mama was paying attention to her pocketbook, their little boy, perhaps three years old, made for the door. We watched as he toddled on the sidewalk, wondering how long it would be before one of the parents went running after him.
His little legs were closing in on the busy street so David jumped up to intervene; he also told the boy's mother where her child was headed.
Mama yelled out the door, "Darwin! Come back here!"
Were it not for David, young Darwin could have taken himself out of the gene pool that night.
Obviously, the boy's parent's hadn't heard of the Darwin Awards (www.darwinawards.com) when they named their adventuresome little boy.
