Joanna Stone, of Clemmons, says she was initially planning to help her two-year-old son, Austin, create an awesome train costume for Halloween. Austin, however, had other ideas.

"One Sunday afternoon, my sister said he had been telling everyone he was going to be a garbage man, and that is how the conversation came about," Stone said. "I told him multiple times he was going to be a train conductor, and he insisted he was going to be the garbage man. I simply thought to myself, 'Well, if this is what he wants, here we go on the planning.'" 

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