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If you've ever tried to grab a prize from one of those claw and crane toy vending machines, then you know it is impossible. No matter how many quarters you drop in the slot, that evil machine is not giving up that stuffed animal you've got your eye on. And I can tell you from personal experience that no amount of swearing will change the outcome.
If the frustration of repeated defeat can make a grown person swear at an inanimate object, you can imagine what it would do to a toddler. I am guessing that this 2½-year-old boy in Australia had reached his breaking point when he decided that if a prize wasn't coming down that chute, then he was going up the chute to get it himself. It was great plan and he managed to get inside the machine where presumably he grabbed the object of his desire.
Unfortunately, getting in was a lot easier than getting out and he quickly found himself stuck among the stuffies. As amused bystanders (and his embarrassed parents) looked on, firefighters rescued the boy by cutting off the machine's padlock and prying open the glass door.
You've got to give him credit for ingenuity and persistence. And in the end, it all paid off. After releasing him from his glass prison, a sympathetic fireman handed over one of the plush toys he so badly wanted.
If the frustration of repeated defeat can make a grown person swear at an inanimate object, you can imagine what it would do to a toddler. I am guessing that this 2½-year-old boy in Australia had reached his breaking point when he decided that if a prize wasn't coming down that chute, then he was going up the chute to get it himself. It was great plan and he managed to get inside the machine where presumably he grabbed the object of his desire.
Unfortunately, getting in was a lot easier than getting out and he quickly found himself stuck among the stuffies. As amused bystanders (and his embarrassed parents) looked on, firefighters rescued the boy by cutting off the machine's padlock and prying open the glass door.
You've got to give him credit for ingenuity and persistence. And in the end, it all paid off. After releasing him from his glass prison, a sympathetic fireman handed over one of the plush toys he so badly wanted.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
12-10-2008 @ 5:32PM
Melissa said...why the hell was a two and half yr old left alone long enough to crawl up in the thing in the first place? embarrassed parents? yeah i bet they were, for being so stupid to leave the kid alone for that long!
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12-10-2008 @ 10:20PM
Tina said...Please do not be so quick to judge. Two year old's can be incredibly fast, any number of important things might have distracted them for a moment. You might be next and will need a sympathetic ear.
12-11-2008 @ 12:27PM
Melissa said...tina:
yes they are quick, i have a two and a half year old myself! and yes she has gotten away from me, but not long enough to play a toy crane game several times and then proceed to climb into it (hello, that would have taken the child a good 2 minutes, too long to be left alone and unsupervised!)....oh and btw, i'm a single mom, that's right only one parent, and my child has never gotten out of my sight for that long, it's called vigilence and being responsible.
12-10-2008 @ 11:13PM
Uly said...How many of these do we see a year?
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1-06-2009 @ 11:47PM
Alex said...Well, look at it this way, toddlers are fast. The kid could have been supervised while he played, but all it takes is a few seconds with your back turned and they can end up doing this.
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