2 Confessions.

I was an occasional crook when I was kid. A full time crook now. ;) Kidding apart, I can remember few occasions where I sweet talked/ cheated innocent classmates into something I wanted. 2 such instances follow.

1) There was this girl hassena, tall, fair, nice and stupid girl. Once we were asked by our teacher to collect stamps. Philately. I collected a few, variety based on price. Previously mentioned girl had a great collection. Based on age, country... She had stamps from 1954,.. My evil eye had been cast. I asked her to lend me her collection for a day to better appreciate that. Unaware of my evil design, she had given me that.
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And what did I do the night I had her collection? I lifted few stamps. And she didn' even realise that, the next day. Ofcourse I took care not to include those stolen stamps in my collection. I wanted them for future use.
I don't remember whether I had any compunction.
Epilogue. My stamp collection too got stolen by somebody else after a while. Whole collection. :( Sorry Haseena.

2) A classmate of mine had few old coins. Coins dating from 1930s. I wanted them. Beg, Borrow or Steal. I didn't do any of these things. I went for barter. What had I to offer? Shiny new 25 ps coins introduced by govt. Since they were jut introduced, no of coins in circulation was low. That fellow craved for those coins, foolishly. I gave them and recieved those old coins. Does anyone remember aladdin's lamp being bartered for new shiny useless lamp. :) Sorry Brahmachari.(Classmate's name)

Epilogue: I still have them, somewhere. But I refuse to look at those sins. Before anybody equates me to museum thieves, those coins aren't that priceless. I know I did a mistake, but didn't loot anybody out of his wealth. ;)

That's it for today.