Jan 8, 2008 12:54 am US/Central
Boy Glues Hand To Bed To Avoid School
MEXICO CITY (AP) ―
A 10-year-old Mexican boy dreaded returning to school after
Christmas break so much that he glued his hand to his bed. Sandra
Palacios spent nearly two hours Monday morning trying to free her son
Diego's hand with water, oil and nail polish remover before calling
authorities, police chief Jorge Camacho told The Associated Press from
outside the northern city of Monterrey.
"I didn't want to go to school because vacation was so much fun," Reforma newspaper quoted the boy as saying.
Palacios said Diego sneaked into the kitchen in the early morning to
get the industrial glue, which he then slathered on his right hand. She
didn't hear him get up, but later awoke and found him watching TV with
his hand stuck to the bed, she told Mexican newspaper El Universal.
"I don't know why he did it," she told Reforma. "He's a good boy, but mischievous like all kids."
Diego's hand was fine, and paramedics managed to unstick him in time for class.
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