reappeared and placed the napkins.
Minutes before the guests arrived,
Mom noticed that next to each plate
was one of her sanitary napkins.
—Paula Chomiuk Novi, Michigan
The Escape Artist
When my four-year-old brother
bolted from the yard for the ump-
teenth time, my worried parents
put up a fence. Didn’t work—Chris
learned how to climb over it. So
Mom came up with the idea of tying
one end of a long rope to his belt
loop and the other end to the fence.
It worked splendidly, until Chris
removed his pants and climbed
over the fence.
—Donna Holter
Centennial, Coloradostomach.” I didn’t touch
another brussels sprout
until two years ago, and
I’m in my mid-50s!
—Kimberly Gautieri
cranford, new jersey✦ I was a toddler taking
a bath when my older
sister pulled the plug
and shouted, “Look out,
Debbie! You’re going
down the drain!” Sixty
years later, I’m still
scared of drains.
—Deb Knight
honolulu, hawaii
✦Just days before
my brother’s third
birthday, I let him in
on a secret: “Do you
know what happens
when you turn three?
You turn into a girl.”
His eyes grew big. “It’s
true. It happened to
me. It happened to
Mom.” For the next few
days, whenever Mom
mentioned his birthday,
he burst into tears.
—Kendra Liedle
los angeles, californiaLies My Siblings
Told Me
✦When I was little,
my older brother told
me if you ate the
bottom part of a
banana, you would die.
To this day, I still don’t
eat the bottom inch of
the banana.
—Jacqueline Rowley
loyal, wisconsin
✦My brother told
me that every time
it rained, God was
crying because
I was so ugly.
—buzzfeed.com
✦I was six and just
about to eat my brussels
sprouts when my older
sister leaned over and
told me, “If you eat
those, they’ll turn into
heads of lettuce in your
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