Childhood is a beautiful part of everyone's life. We did a lot of things we were proud of and vice-versa. Share with us the dumbest thing you did as a child.
If I told anyone that back when I was a child, I was very petty, cunning like the tortoise, and filled with so many tricks, they wouldn't believe me because of how serious I am with life now. I mean I always had a lot of tricks up my sleeve that always made me get away from punishment from my teachers and my parents, especially my dad.
My mom was the definition of the real African mother, so it was always hard for me to have my way whenever I was around her but my dad was wrapped around my fingers and as such, I could get away with anything with just the bait of my eyelid, to crown it up, when God was creating me, He made the best decision by giving me a very small innocent face that I could pass on as the angel who was of pure heart and slow to evil and eh eh, I walked like I would break any time soon and talked like I can not talk, even many people tagged me "fragile" because of my nature and my face but they never knew I was full of tricks, mischievous and devious.
Some days when I sit to reminisce about the things I did when I was a child I usually pray very hard and fervently that "None of my kids should take after me" because I was a lot to handle and if not for the likes of my hardcore mom, I am sure by today too many stories that have no beginning would have been said by people.
Don't be surprised, as a kid who grew up in the police barracks considering that I am a police child as my father was a policeman, I was exposed to too many devise that made me smarter, tricky, devious, and a crook than most of my peers who weren't from the same background.
Good thing I was a bright kid, I was able to gain the hearts of many teachers, and that made it, even more, easier to get away with lies and tricks on them, and they never suspected it was a trick to save my sorry ass.
The things I did, while I was young, are really funny and still keep me wondering how I even came up with such ideas for once, and not once was I ever caught by my teachers as most of my tricks were always pulled in school away from my mother's sight, I wouldn't want to get in her black book. No! Nope! Nopity! Not me, please, I love my body too much to want to be caught by my mom. Lol
I have had to fake sickness, just so I wouldn't partake in our Friday class painting/blacking of the blackboard. I have faked instant vomiting, right in front of my teacher so that my teacher wouldn't flog me and the others who failed her Monday class spelling as she was very particular about flogging me more in her words "I played too much during the weekend that I forgot to go through my note, the reason why I did not pass the dictation" she wasn't wrong.
Funny enough, not once did I mistakenly hint my friend who was my paddy back then about what I usually do, I wouldn't want anyone to snitch on me, would I?
So, one of those times, I and my friend were having a beef with one of my classmates, and one beautiful afternoon, my friend had a small talk with this girl (Yewande) that resulted in the both of them cursing at each other. They were exchanging words, but I felt I needed a fight with this girl, so I joined in the cursing, even when she never insulted me back, I just wouldn't give up, so I continued abusing her until I finally insulted her parents because it seemed my direct abuse wasn't affecting her
So, she retaliated by cursing back at my father, immediately, I stood up walked up to her, and started pulling at her hair till I was sure that her hair thread was all scattered on the floor and we both created a scene. Funny enough, after that incident, the three of us became best buddies and were inseparable till one of us left the school due to the transfer of her parents to another state.
This is my entry to the HIVENAIJA WEEKLY PROMPT #17: OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT & PROMPT WINNERS!