Lies lies liesI was seven and my next door neighbour and I, in complete innocence (really) we though we'd go and make ourselves some cash.
We went round all the houses on our estate with him dressed in a pair of green tights and my Robin Hood hat, dancing around to the sound of the tambourine he was banging; whilst I stood holding out my cap saying we were collecting for the blind......
......unfortunately we got caught out when I left the cap in the kitchen and was duly quizzed by my mum. She made me go round to each and every house returning exactly the money we took - one old guy let us keep his 6p donation. I still recall not being able to understand why it was wrong...
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We went round all the houses on our estate with him dressed in a pair of green tights and my Robin Hood hat, dancing around to the sound of the tambourine he was banging; whilst I stood holding out my cap saying we were collecting for the blind......
......unfortunately we got caught out when I left the cap in the kitchen and was duly quizzed by my mum. She made me go round to each and every house returning exactly the money we took - one old guy let us keep his 6p donation. I still recall not being able to understand why it was wrong...