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Runaway boy's adventure cut short

A 10-year-old boy who had traveled 300 kilometers from Nanjing to Shanghai after sneaking onto a high-speed train was stopped by security at the gate of Shanghai Disneyland. Amusement park employees called police when the boy tried to enter unaccompanied on April 5. The boy said his journey to Disneyland followed an argument with his father the previous evening. The boy boarded the train after lying to a railway attendant in Nanjing that one of his parents was already on board. Police contacted the boy's mother who arrived in Shanghai to bring him home.