Red Chief

Bill and Sam needed some quick cash to pull off a scheme in western Illinois. Since they were in Alabama at the time, they came up with the idea of kidnapping. Looking at a small local town, they came up with one suspect, a son of a rich man. What they later found out was, that kid was more then what they bargained for.

The kid called himself Red chief, because he loves to play Indian with his kidnappers. Sam asked him if he ever wanted to go home, which Red chief responded “I don't have any fun at home. I hate to go to school. I like to camp out. You won't take me back home again, Snake-eye, will you ?” This is an example of Stockholm syndrome, where the hostage likes their kidnapper. It is a perfect model of irony, but that is not the largest irony yet.

The biggest irony of all is when Bill and Sam return red chief and pay his father two hundred-fifty dollars. Bill and Sam where the kidnappers and they had to pay the father to give the kid back! Somehow, the father knew that Red chief would annoy the kidnappers to the point, where they just want to give him back. Using that knowledge to his advantage, he countered their ransom with  his own deal. Bring   the kid home  and make the kidnappers pay two hundred-fifty dollars for returning the child.

At the end Bill and Sam lost two hundred-fifty dollars, their temper, and got a couple bruises. If Bill and Sam  truly knew who Red chief was, they probably would of not kidnapped him, because he was such  a nuisance.