That happened to me several times as a youngster. Once I found a whole folder of CDs in a snowbank (This is when CDs could be traded in for a money at stores and I wouldn't have any CDs until college) And some random person claimed they were his. Looking back they were clearly lying.
I guess, at least he took the time to construct a lie? When I was in camp we would fish for fossils in the dirt. there were a lot, so maybe they were planted? Anyway, I had a bunch, and one kid asked to see them. When I showed it to him he just grabbed a bunch out of my hand. I mean, it's dirt and trilobites, but they mean the world to a kid.
But wait, in case you felt even a little bad, that incident taught me that it's okay to steal, and I took another kid's fossils off a toilet tank when he wasn't looking. So yes, kids are shitty, I'm shitty, don't take things that don't belong to you.
Considering these kids "one of the best things that's ever happened to me" might be literal.
I wish I could find the article, but my Google is weak today, but there was a study about abandoned, abused children and how because of how little they had, they would collect completely unremarkable things like string just so they could have something of their own. It makes me very sad just thinking about it, but imagine that and then finding something as cool as an arrowhead.
I'm going to cheer myself up by believing Steve actually has some string and is going to make Steven a necklace with the arrowhead and then tell him he's his best friend, too. (The precious little scamp!)
Wouldn't it be more likely that it was Steven's family heirloom since he's 1/4 Cherokee? Or was that a different tall, skinny, freckled, redhead kid eating acorns early on?
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But wait, in case you felt even a little bad, that incident taught me that it's okay to steal, and I took another kid's fossils off a toilet tank when he wasn't looking. So yes, kids are shitty, I'm shitty, don't take things that don't belong to you.
Poor Steven. Steve should be a better friend.
I wish I could find the article, but my Google is weak today, but there was a study about abandoned, abused children and how because of how little they had, they would collect completely unremarkable things like string just so they could have something of their own. It makes me very sad just thinking about it, but imagine that and then finding something as cool as an arrowhead.
I'm going to cheer myself up by believing Steve actually has some string and is going to make Steven a necklace with the arrowhead and then tell him he's his best friend, too. (The precious little scamp!)
This legitimately made me laugh out loud.
I've probably done similar things to my brother.