Mallac

I went to the beach this afternoon (the one behind our house) with my husband and our daughter and a friend's daughter... While sitting up under the shade of a tree with my husband and my camera in hand.. this small little boy, probably around 3 years old sat right down beside me. My husband said.. "Look at him, he has got a cigarette in his mouth"... granted I am sitting there with a cig in my mouth as well... and for some reason never noticed it.. (AND NO IT WAS NOT MY SMOKE HE HAD!!!)...
So anyways, I said "hey little guy... lets take that out of your mouth, you don't want to walk around with that old nasty thing in your mouth"... he just glared at me and said "NO".... so I talked to him for a good 5 minutes about why he should take it out (his parents were no where in sight at this time).... he just looked so sad sitting there by himself with this cig in his mouth but he refused every time I told him to take it out of his mouth so finally I thought well I'll grab a picture of this little stinker. So.. after I shot a few pics of him, I had a good idea.. being a mom, I know that children take bribes so easy! So I gave him Charlotte's beach ball... I said listen, if you give me that cigarette, then I will give you this ball. So he got all cheered up and said OK... and grabbed the ball and started playing with it.. Mission Accomplished I thought...
Well his parents finally show up and yell at him to come over near them, and start telling him not to come near me and my husband and that the ball wasn't his that it was ours.. even though I had given it to him... but they were very nasty about the whole situation so that was the end of talking to the little guy. I did watch him for a little while after that, since his parents didnt care too... they were busy chatting with their friends and he sat on the beach, all alone... just sad looking. I really felt sorry for the little guy :(. Anyways, I found out while his parents were yelling at him that his name was Mallac... (I think this is how it is spelled...) And here is the youngest kid I have ever seen with a cigarette in his mouth: