Two Small Kids, 1 Puppy, and a Running Car
Recipe for a news story about a 5 & 6 year old going for a joy ride, right???
On Tuesday evening, a friend of mine decided to take her two small children to the grocery with her to pick up a few things. The little ones really didn't want to go in the first place, so the mom thought "I'll only be five minutes tops," and persuaded the kids to sit in the backseat and brought a new puppy along to keep them occupied.
She gets to the dairy case, the farthest corner away from the entrance and hears...
*HOOOONNNNKKKK*
At first, the single mom of two who worked full time and put herself through college, ignored the single noise.
*HHHHOOOONNKKK HHHHOOOOONNNKK*
The second and third times, she knew.
After speeding down the aisle to the checkout, the mom notices another lady at customer service frantically pointing outside.
Picturing a call to Social Services, she races outside to find her windshield wipers going full blast, the lights flashing, and the boys scrambling to get in the backseat.
"Boys! I told you to stay in the backseat. I told you to not touch anything. What happened?"
The five year old looks up and says, "The dog did it."
Keep in mind the dog, is a a small beagle/basset hound mix.
"Boys, why did you honk the horn?"
"You mean, you could hear it in the store?" responds the five year old. "Yes," says the mother. "Well why didn't you come out to see what we needed," he replies.
She then asks, why is the window down? Her answer, "Oh, that lady came over and knocked on the window to see if we were ok."
And that my friends, is why you hear about young kids going for a joyride, even with the best laid intentions of parents.
posted by "W" @ 7:39 AM
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3 Comments:
And that is why children should also be crate trained.
Right on, Kev....lock 'em up and toss away the keys. Those rotten little things...just kidding. I'm sure they are just being kids...like we all were....OK, like I was! I was a rotten little shit.....and still am. But, it could actually have been scary if they had been able to get the car moving (like I was when I was young....a long story.....). I think this is a cool post. Thanks for making me laugh!
Thank goodness all they did was honk the horn and run the wipers!
When my kids were little, I was always afraid to leave them in the car, even if I only needed to run into a store for just one little, quick item. I just knew some busybody would call the cops or something about the poor overheated abandoned unloved children locked in the car...
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