Friday, August 8, 2008 --- 8:55 a.m.

SOUTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) -- An 11-year-old boy from Utah wanted to get his girlfriend's attention without waking her parents. At first, he and a friend threw wood chips at the window, but that wasn't enough, so the boys went home for heavier artillery. They came back with a slingshot and fired a pebble at her window.

The slingshot worked in getting the girl's attention, but it also cracked the window. The boys immediately owned up to the broken window and promised the girl's parents that they would replace it.

The would-be-Romeo went to his mother, who covered the $160 replacement cost but said the boy was going to have to do extra chores. Thinking that would take too long, the two culprits have been going door to door and asking neighbors if they need any odd jobs done around the house. They've also had to explain why they are raising the money.

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