One day her 9-year-old son comes home unexpectedly, so she puts him in the closet till she can get her lover out of the house. But before she can get the deed done, her husband also comes home. The panic-stricken woman shoves her lover into the closet with the little boy.

The little boy says, "Dark in here."

The man whispers, "Yes, it is."

The boy says, "I have a baseball."

The man says, "That's nice."

The boy says, "Want to buy it?"

The man says, "No, thanks."

The boy says, "My dad's outside."

The man says, "OK, how much?"

The boy says, "$250."

The man grumbles but agrees.

In the next few weeks, it happens that again the boy and the lover share the closet.

The boy says, "Dark in here."

The man says, "Yes, it is."

The boy says, "I have a baseball glove."

The man, remembering the last time, asks the boy, "How much?"

The boy says, "$750"

The man whispers, "OK, you little robber, but that's it!"

A few days later, the father says to the boy, "Grab your ball and glove. We'll go outside and play catch while mom finishes dinner."

The boys says, "I can't. I sold them."

The father says, "You sold them? How much did you get for them?"

The boy says, "$1,000."

The father says, "That's terrible! It's sinful to overcharge your friends like that! It's way more than they originally cost. I am going to take you to church and make you confess that sin. I'm sure God will find a suitable penance for your deed."

In the church, the father leads the boy to the confessional. The boy goes in, sits down and his dad shuts the door.

The boys says, "Dark in here."