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Originally Posted by arista

He is just 7
I think he was "right to leave the road"
in case someone bad picked him up

Yes, if he knew they were coming back he should have stayed where he was but obviously when they drove off, he thought they really had left so he left too. I also suspect they left him for quite a bit longer than they claim to have left him before going back, not just a few minutes. If it was minutes he'd still have been able to hear them shouting for him.