My wife bought a shrink-wrapped box of chocolates yesterday as a Christmas gift to send to her grandmother overseas. She put it on the counter, out of the way, intending to prepare it later for mailing. She was then busy doing something else when she heard noises that alerted her to potential trouble.

Anthony must have been hungry. The top tier of chocolates--fourteen pieces--was gone, and he had polished off two from the bottom as well. He did not display any ill effects that a normal person might after that kind of consumption, but he did become unusually violent later. It is difficult to determine if the overdose of sugar contributed to that, but it may be worth looking into. A friend with an autistic child tells us that her son is considerably better-behaved recently, without medication, after eliminating sugar from his diet.