when my lad was 4 he couldn't wait to get to school one particular morning, to tell his teacher that I'd made him sleep in the cupboard all night!!!!
In his haste and excitement it seems , he failed to explain that as it was the night of the hurricane - back in 1987, remember peeps? - the storm had ripped a massive hole in our roof, and the chimney stack was breaking up.
I didn't dare take us out of the house in case we were hit by falling debris. So the next best safe thing was to grab duvets, torches, story books - oh and child - and dive into the cupboard under the stairs and make it appear an adventure!!. Thank goodness we did as his bedroom ceiling was caved in by the chimney not 15 mins after I got us down the stairs!
Much explaining to the teachers was needed when I picked him up that day
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