When my sister, brother and I were 6,5, and 4 respectively, we were
playing hide and seek with the neighbor kids, and mom or dad had left
the trunk open on the car after getting something out.  We decided it'd
be a cool place for all of us to hide, especially if we pulled the trunk
closed.  After what seemed like forever (probably 15 minutes), we
decided that our friends weren't going to find us, and tried to open the
trunk, which had latched!  We all started yelling at the top of our
lungs, and mom finally heard us about 10 minutes later.  We were all
scared, but probably perfectly safe, since it was a cool day, and there
were places light got in the trunk, so air could too.

Kendall 

An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.

-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950

-----Original Message-----
From: Kathleen Salkin [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 3:45 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: How does something like this happen soooo easily?!! (fwd)

I've of things like this happening a lot, it seems.  Children can be
sneaky little buggers and if mom and dad are sound sleepers ... well,
you get the picture!

I did the same thing to my parents and  they were wide awake in broad
daylight!  I managed to get out of the house without anyone seeing me
and scooted out the door in my little homemade walker that had wheels
(my grandfather had fashioned it out of an old wooden stool.)  Well,
I got to the driveway which was a very steep one up in the hills of
the San Fernando Valley in So. Calif, and whizzed down at a VERY fast
speed!  Fortunately for me, there was no grass on the other side of
the curb across the street and I landed face-deep in the mud.  By the
time my mom had caught up with me, I was spitting up mud and crying
like a banshee so she figured I was all right.


Kat


On 4 Nov 2005, at 00:49, Gary Peterson wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> So check out this TV news story below.  How does something like this
> even come close to happening when this child was sleeping in the very
> same room as his parents?
>
>
> Toddler Unlocks Door, Takes Overnight Stroll
>
> Reunited With Family
>
> KGO  By Amy Hollyfield
>
>     Nov. 3 - The San Francisco police have wrapped up their
> investigation
>     into a serious situation overnight on how a 3-year-old boy was
> on the
>     street alone in a neighborhood.
>
>     The toddler was reunited with his parents Thursday afternoon.
> It took
>     some time because police said child protective services had to
> do an
>     investigation.
>
>     They talked to his family, parents and grandparents to make
> sure there
>     was no abuse or neglect, but they think that everything is fine
> and the
>     boy is back with his family now.
>
>     The little boy decided to head out at 12:30 a.m. this morning,
> and the
>     3-year-old was found in the middle of Burnett Avenue in the
> Twin Peaks
>     neighborhood.
>
>     An off-duty nurse spotted him in his 'Blues Clues' pajamas and
> called
>     police.
>
>     It wasn't until his mom woke up that she noticed he was gone,
> and she
>     called the police.
>
>     So how did he do it? He managed to climb out of bed. He sleeps
> in the
>     same room as his parents. He climbed up onto a table and
> unlocked the
>     door and went off on his adventure.
>
>     The good news is he wasn't gone very long, but it appears the
> little
>     kid is ahead of his parents on the learning curve on what they
> think he
>     can do.
>
>     The family has requested privacy during the ordeal and ABC7 is
>     respecting that wish.