recursive function return value problems

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hi, i have the following recursive function (simplified to demonstrate
the problem):

>>> def reTest(bool):
... 	result = []
... 	if not bool:
... 		reTest(True)
... 	else:
... 		print "YAHHH"
... 		result = ["should be the only thing returned"]
... 	print "printing result: "
... 	print result
... 	return result
...
>>> reTest(False)
YAHHH
printing result:
['should be the only thing returned']
printing result:
[]
[]

I don't understand why results are returned twice? is there something
special i missed about recursive functions?