"Well," the boy repeated, this time in a tone of agreement.

The boy repeats the sentence just loud enough to be heard.

It is thought if the boys repeat the mantra every day they will be protected from misfortune.

"Stand where you are," repeated the boy, "and don't move."

"I should have helped her," the boy repeated in a whisper, his gaze downcast.

The boy repeated none of the simple errors he had made first time around.

The niece also said the boy had repeated details of two events in Vincent's life that he could not otherwise have known.

Ms. Renda said that her boys were only repeating what they hear other children in the complex say.

But the boy repeated the rune again, taking time to form the unfamiliar and difficult sounds with care.

The other boy repeated the performance, smoking an adulterated form of heroin known as brown sugar.