I actually assume that one of the neighborhood kids lost it on the way to bus stop.  I had my son inquire around, but no takers, so it is all mine. ha ha ha  Call me greedy, but since it has led me to the series, I will take the bad karma as a trade off.  Besides, I have turned a couple of people onto the series as well, so hopefully I will be forgiven.  After all, He works in mysterious ways!  Or maybe Uriel is a fan of more than The Two Towers! hhhmmmmmm........