Kept 'autism'? He has it, and so do the children the bags are for, but the award is for the bags. Kept 'police'? They carry the bags. He made them.
This one really happened. Ledger Mann, 9, of Dinwiddie County, Virginia, has autism himself. His dad, a Prince George County police sergeant, came home from a call about a lost autistic child in the woods, and Ledger said, 'Let's create a bag.' His clear LGM Bags hold things to calm a child with autism, or any child who has been lost. In February police, fire crews, paramedics and hospitals had just over 50. Now it is close to 500, in several states, and TIME has named him its Kid of the Year. 'I did not expect all this,' he said. (WTVR CBS 6, November.)
Every word, accounted for
AA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
boyWho won. Stays.
hasA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
beenA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
namedWhat happened to him. Stays.
Time's-Kid-of-the-YearWhat he was named. Stays.
forThe award was for something. Stays.
sensory-bagsWhat he made, and why he won. Stays.
thatA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
helpWhat the bags do, not what happened to him.
policeThey carry the bags. He made them.
andA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
paramedicsThey carry the bags too.
comfortWhat the bags are for.
lostThe children the bags are for.
orA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
frightenedThe same children.
childrenWho the bags help, not who won.
theyA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
findHow police meet the children.
whoA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
likeA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
himA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
haveA little word. It only holds the sentence together.
autismThe best wrong word here: he has it, and so do the children, but the award is for the bags.