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Logic lands boy in playtime prison

A 3-year-old boy who had his eyes on the prize managed to get himself locked inside an arcade machine in Skegness last week. Sunderland lad Christopher Air was attempting to grab a teddy bear from the crane machine, without much success. When his mother went to change a note so that he could try again, Christopher took matters into his own hands… spotting the prize-delivery flap on the front of the machine, the inventive youngster squeezed himself inside.

Mrs Air told the Daily Mail: “My back was only turned for a minute. When I looked around, Christopher was inside. He’s good at solving problems. He obviously saw getting the teddy bear as a problem and getting inside the machine as the answer.”

Christopher had his prize, but had to wait until the arcade owner found the keys to the machine before he could taste freedom again. After 30 minutes, he was released - and is sure to have learned his lesson. But, misguided as it was, his ingenuity paid off when the arcade owner gave him the bear to cheer him up.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .