Youngster desperate to visit Grandma!

The MoM Team were astounded by the great lengths a Norwegian boy went to in order to visit his grandparents!

“A ten-year-old Norwegian boy came up with a novel excuse after stealing his parents’ car and crashing it into a ditch – he claimed he was a DWARF who had forgotten his driving licence.

The schoolboy- who lives near the town of Dokka, around 70 miles north of Oslo – loaded his 18-month-old sister into the car shortly after 6am on Wednesday and headed for their grandparents in Valdres, about 40 miles away.

The child drove more than six miles before he veered off the road into a snow-filled ditch. He was found by a snowplow driver who alerted police.

Baard Christiansen, of Vest Oppland police district, said: “The parents woke up and discovered that the children were missing and that someone had taken off with their car.

“They were pretty upset, as you can imagine.”

But the quick-thinking youngster had a unique defence when quizzed about his early morning joyride.

“The boy told the snowplow driver that he was a dwarf and that he had forgotten his driver’s license at home,” Officer Christiansen said.

The children were uninjured in the crash and the car was not damaged, police said.

No charges have been filed and the case was closed.

Officer Christiansen said the parents had been spoken to adding: “I’m pretty sure they’re going to pay very close attention both to their children and to their car keys in the future.”

This story originally appeared on mirror.co.uk

Would your child ever think to do this? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

83 Comments

- - Mrs Bucket (that's pronounced Bouquet) said
  - 17 May 2014
    2:09 pm
LOL!! A dwarf who left his license at home. I’ll give him ten out of ten for creativity, pleased no one was hurt and all ended well. Poor parents must have been out of their minds with worry, it’s hardly their fault – what parents think their child 10 year old child would take their car and have to hide the keys.

- - twinmum2 said
  - 16 May 2014
    2:50 pm
I couldn’t imagine a 6 year old would be able to reach the pedals AND look out the car window at the same time. Unbelievable that he was able to drive 6 miles – lucky no one was hurt!

- - Happymum said
  - 09 May 2014
    11:44 am
All kids love their grandparents, seems a shame the kids took matters into their own hands like this,

- - sarah_wardleworth said
  - 08 May 2014
    11:58 pm
Good read thank you for the information

- - yazzie said
  - 07 May 2014
    8:33 am
my son is much the same his grndma lives 3 hours down the coast and we had to visit the town for a baby shower while grandma was away working and he said, well why are we here if we dont get to visit grandmas house! i told her and she thought it was just great

- - Happymum said
  - 06 May 2014
    2:42 pm
I think it is bad that the parents let it get this far with the kids
- Mrs Bucket (that's pronounced Bouquet) replied
  
  17 May 2014 , 2:11 pm
  Not sure what you mean, can’t see how the parents did anything wrong.
- - sweetbell said
  - 05 May 2014
    11:38 pm
Wow thank you for sharing this story with us all and it’s always something bad happen these days.

- - meimei said
  - 04 May 2014
    11:30 pm
Thank you for sharing this story. Need to put car key in the safe place in the future.

- - catgrrl3 said
  - 04 May 2014
    8:28 am
what a remarkable story. Just when you thought of have heard it all , there is always something that will leave you speechless

- - shazzbot said
  - 30 Apr 2014
    4:02 pm
Kids really are clever, thanks so much for sharing this.

- - kathryn said
  - 30 Apr 2014
    1:32 pm
oh my goodness I would be beside myself to wake up and the children be gone

- - cheezel said
  - 28 Apr 2014
    6:35 pm
Oh wow…pretty creative excuse too

- - kylesnova said
  - 16 Apr 2014
    4:06 pm
LOL, our youngest frequently informs us of his intention to move in with Nanny whenever he’s upset, pity she doesn’t know about it, though!

- - bailey87 said
  - 15 Apr 2014
    12:54 pm
he has as good an imagination as my daughter lol

- - adriennetraynor said
  - 06 Apr 2014
    9:39 am
I love the part, where he claims to be a dwarf, so cute!

- - caramello said
  - 31 Mar 2014
    9:54 pm
thank you for sharing this

- - h2olily said
  - 26 Mar 2014
    1:36 pm
Goes to show that children can do anything once their mind is set!

- - autismmum said
  - 26 Mar 2014
    8:24 am
How terrifying. You really need to watch your kids

- - koloababe4 said
  - 24 Mar 2014
    12:48 pm
Interesting story kids are very smart

- - mummy liana said
  - 22 Mar 2014
    10:35 pm
thanks for sharing was a good read