PEOPLE BEING PEOPLE

A 10-year-old Norwegian boy took his parents’ car for a joyride, then calmly told police that he was a dwarf who had forgotten his driver’s license. The youngster stole the car while his parents were sleeping and headed for his grandparents’ home 40 miles away. But after six miles, he crashed into a ditch. Police didn’t buy the boy’s imaginative defense and took him home. “[His parents] are going to pay very close attention both to their children and to their car keys in the future,” said an officer.