For months he had heard people call him a hero.

He enjoyed the praise but felt uncomfortable when adults repeated the story at gatherings.

Some wanted him to act out what he had said.

One even asked whether he had known his grandmother would be punished.

Adam eventually put a stop to those questions.

He told his family that Idan was a child, not a performer, and that he was not responsible for the legal consequences of an adult’s decisions.

He helped Idan arrange a meeting with a counselor when the boy began worrying that telling the truth might make his grandmother stop loving him.