when i was a little girl... a long long time ago... um, yeah....
my third grade year of elementary school... i was 8 yrs old.
my family had gone 3.5 hrs away to visit my grandparents over the weekend.
my uncle gave me a pack of FRUIT STRIPE GUM!
OMG i thought it was the coolest thing in the world ever.
so i had a piece & stuck the rest of the 5 piece pack into my winter coat pocket.
we drove back home that sunday night.
monday morning at school, i hung my little coat up on the rack at the back of the room, completely forgetting about the wonderful gum in my pocket.
shortly after class began... the teacher holds up my pack of gum asking "whose gum is this??!!!!" see... we weren't allowed to have gum at school.
uh oh... my gum had fallen out of my pocket
as much as it killed me to lose my fancy gum sticks, i kept quiet, not admitting it was mine for fear of being punished.
i hope my 3rd grade teacher later enjoyed MY Fruit Stripe gum!!!
the end.