It Happened to Me…

Gone, gone, gone

When my son was around one, many items of his clothing began to inexplicably disappear. I can’t over-emphasise the inexplicable nature of what occurred – all the items unquestionably disappeared in my house. The house is always secure, and there is no possibility of them being stolen or falling down the back of the sofa. The first item to disappear was his large padded duffle coat. It was a cold January afternoon; I had taken him to the park, brought him home, and removed his coat on the sofa. This is the last time I saw it, for when I next went to put it on, it was gone. A few weeks later, his new shoes, a pair of navy trainers with flashing lights, also disappeared, again from the house, as a pair. Again a few weeks later, his huge padded bobble hat with ear flaps went, and beyond doubt this was also from the house. Other items belonging to him also disappeared around this time, including a jumper his grandmother had knitted. None of my two-year-old daughter’s clothes disappeared, and no one at any point entered the house who could have had either the opportunity or motivation to steal them.

One other bizarre event happened. One afternoon I was changing his clothes. He had a