5-Year-Olds Dig Their Way Out Of Russian Kindergarten To Go To Jaguar Dealership

Updated September 7, 2021

Whether you remember it or not, there was probably a time in your early childhood when you planned a daring escape from those responsible for watching over you.

Because whether we had a plan for what we wanted to do once we got out or not, we were pretty good at seizing opportunities as toddlers. In my case, I didn't know where I was going or what I was doing before my dad scooped me up, but I felt prepared because I had a bottle and a blanket.

Although a pair of five-year-old boys in Russia eventually discovered that a similar plan wasn't as ironclad as they thought, the fact that they made it as far as they did was pretty impressive.

At a kindergarten in Magnitogorsk around the Ural Mountains region of Russia, staff gathered the children together for a supervised walk.

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But while The Guardian reported that this walk was limited to the facility's grounds, it provided enough of an opportunity for two five-year-olds to spring their carefully-crafted plan into action.

What nobody else knew was that for the past several days, the duo had been digging an escape route.

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According to Time, they did this by taking the toy spades from the sandbox and patiently digging a hole under the fence until the time was right.

So while everybody else was on their walk, the boys headed for their secret passage and tunneled out of kindergarten.

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As The Guardian reported, this success led them to phase two of their plan, which was to walk over a mile to a showroom that specialized in luxury cars.

But as they approached the dealership, they were soon spotted by a woman who happened to be driving by.

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She asked what they were doing and as Time reported, they replied that they had left their kindergarten to buy a Jaguar but realized that they didn't bring any money with them.

Upon hearing this, the woman drove them to a police station.

Although neither of the boys' parents submitted a complaint against the kindergarten, it took a half hour before staff noticed they were missing.

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According to The Guardian, this led education authorities in the area to fire a supervisor and give a warning to the acting head of the facility.

As Olga Denisenko — the head of Magnitogorsk's pre-school department — said, "This is considered a very serious violation."

h/t: The Guardian, Time

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