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Chocolate is no match for the allure of the iPad. Photo from Zhejiang Online

A decidedly modern spin on the old "don't accept candy from strangers" rule has taken place at a kindergarten in Hangzhou, where almost a third of all students were easily lured into the hands of a stranger by none other than the Apple iPad.

According to a story on Zhejiang Online that was eventually picked up by Sohu, the Dacheng Experimental Kindergarten was doing an exercise to teach children to avoid strangers on May 18 when they realized the true addictive properties of Apple's hot device. Interestingly, the iPad was not originally intended to be part of the experiment.

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