According to Fox News.com, a boy's
prank has taken the practice of hiding bad grades from parents to a whole new
level.
The unnamed 11-year-old from Xinzo de Limia texted his father on Monday
afternoon and said he was kidnapped, a tale he reportedly concocted, in an
attempt to have his parents avoid a meeting with teachers later that night, The
Guardian reports.
The boy told his father that he was taken off the street and locked inside a
moving car. His father, a police officer, worked with authorities to set up
roadblocks in the province
of Ourense.
The boy was discovered two hours later in his family's spare apartment,
after his father noticed the key to the property was missing, The Guardian
reports, citing local newspapers.
Voz de Galicia, a local newspaper, said the boy had been performing poorly
at school in recent weeks.
It is not known if the parent-teacher meeting was
rescheduled or canceled.
