Jeanie Duck is a single mother with a three-year-old daughter. One day a friend gave Jeanie a two-pound box of See’s dark chocolate nuts and chews. Being a chocolate lover, Jeanie was in heaven! As she was oohing and aahing over the box her daughter, Jennifer, joined in the excitement. This was a bad sign. If Jennifer was excited, it was because she expected to share in Jeanie’s newly acquired bounty. Clearly the only way Jeanie could get rid of her was to share some of her precious chocolate, so she gave Jennifer a piece and sent her to bed. Then she had “just a few” pieces for herself, and went to bed.

Later that night, there was a terrible storm. Jeanie got up in the dark and went from room to room, closing the open windows. As she did, she stepped on something crunchy in the hallway. …