Tricky Traps & Naughty 'link' -

Marbles cascaded from the shelf. He yelped, hopping backward to avoid them. His heel landed on the rug covering the pit. The rug slid. Leo dropped two feet into a hole lined with foam pillows.

The first customer came at 3 p.m. A boy named Leo, age ten, with a rap sheet of naughtiness that included hiding his teacher’s coffee mug, replacing the sugar with salt, and teaching the class hamster to flip its water bottle at substitute teachers. tricky traps & naughty

“Amateur hour,” Leo muttered.