A 10-year-old boy in Norway swiped his parents’ car for a joyride then claimed he was just a dwarf who forgot his driver’s license when cops pulled him over.
The pint-sized fibber, who lives in the small town of Dokka, waited until his parents went to sleep, then tried to drive with his 18-month-old sister to his grandparents’ home at 6 a.m. on Wednesday.
He made it about six miles before swerving into a snowy ditch, where a plow operator found him and called police.
Pressed for details, the kid told the tall tale.
“The boy told the snowplow driver that he was a dwarf and that he had forgotten his driver’s license at home,” said Vest Oppland police spokesman Baard Christiansen.
“The parents woke up and discovered that the children were missing and that someone had taken off with their car. They were pretty upset, as you can imagine,” he said.
“We have talked to [the parents], and I’m pretty sure they’re going to pay very close attention both to their children and to their car keys in the future.”