Last week, Holly called out to me from the bedroom: “Did you take any money out of my jewelry box?” I responded: “I didn’t know you had a jewelry box–and no, I haven’t taken any money.” Whatever irritation she felt at the fact that I didn’t even know she had a jewelry box quickly dissipated.
She yelled for the kids to assemble forthwith! Upon doing so, she briefed the kids that she was missing a substantial sum of money from her jewelry box (note to self: find out where the jewelry box is and check it for cash often) and could only assume that one of the kids had taken it. And then she stared at them in the hope of forcing a confession out of the guilty.
I was concerned about the prospect of someone taking money, but, truth be told, I wasn’t so sure that the money hadn’t been misplaced.
So after five minutes of interrogation and awkward pauses, Holly yelped, “Ooph! Nevermind,” and starting laughing uncontrollably. The kids were smiling nervously confused about what this meant–but I knew. She had realized that she had deposited the money in the bank earlier that week. Ha! False alarm! Just kidding about you kids being untrustworthy!
I know you won’t believe this – but I have done the same thing – although I think I made everyone sit in the living room for hours until someone confessed – but they never did – only to apologize later for misplacing it myself!!! I figure there are plenty of times that they didn’t get caught – so it evens out! I remember a cute little 2 years old (named Chris) who really did take $200 and put it under his pillow – we searched and search, that was all the money we had!!!
Sounds like a pretty cute kid.
THE CUTEST! Still! Man, I need a proofreader…
I can confirm hours of sitting and even thinking it might be better to confess even though I didn’t do it – so we wouldn’t sit there all night!
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