Children at Home in Intermediate Unit's Theater Production

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Wearing a wide-brimmed black hat, an eye patch and a painted moustache, Daelin Harris brandished his foam sword enthusiastically before a crowd of parents and educators.

The 8-year-old boy and his band of "pirates" protested against reading until a "bunny" clad in large sunglasses convinced him to trade his booty for a stack of books.

"I'm a good pirate," Harris said. "This is fun."

Harris was one of 118 children from Allegheny County to participate in Let's Pretend Theater on Friday. The program, sponsored by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit's Homeless Children's Initiative, is designed as an enrichment activity for homeless children and their …