No one can tease you as wickedly as a sibling. Here are some memorable stories of sibling pranks.
The Astronaut
I convinced my little sister that I had been to space and told her every night about my adventures among the stars. She even wrote an essay about it for school and read it aloud to her class. They laughed at her, but she cried, insisting that her big brother really was an astronaut. Even the teacher didn’t believe her. Years later, when she talked back to me, I told her not to get cocky since her name – Evelin – means sausage in French. She cried all evening.
The Ears
My ears are a bit pointy, so I told my little brother I was one of Santa’s helper elves who works at his place every December night. I warned him that if he didn’t behave, I’d tell Santa, and he’d never get presents again. He was super well-behaved for years. Once, I even gave him a bunny poop berry and told him it was a ripe blueberry. (He ate it.)
With the Face
My little brother was five when he decided to play soccer with us. I told him he could only be the goalie and convinced him that the best way to block the ball was with his face. We played like that all afternoon, but the trick was revealed the next day when my mom asked why his face was twice its normal size.
The Flavors
My grandma always gave me gum and told me to share half with my sister. I chewed my half until the flavor was gone, then gave the chewed gum to my sister while I ate the fresh half. Poor sister was almost eight when a classmate gave her gum that actually had flavor.
The Assistant
My little brother was pestering me, so I told him he could help me learn knots and eagerly followed me to the garden. I showed him the clove hitch, the slip knot, and the figure-eight knot, then tied him neatly to the peach tree and went inside to watch TV. He screamed for hours until my parents came home and untied him.
Surveillance
I didn’t want to share snacks with my little siblings, so I convinced them that not only was there a camera in the pantry, but I’d hidden tiny cameras inside every bag of chips and candy. That way, I’d know if they sneaked any. They believed me for years.
Patience
I told my sibling that if they tied a bag to the laundry basket and the wind blew, it would fly away like a hot air balloon. Poor kid sat in the yard for hours waiting for the breeze.
The Tail
I told my little brother he was born with a tail and that doctors had to cut it off when he was a baby. He cried and asked my mom, who told him not to believe me because he wasn’t born with a tail. When he triumphantly came back to tell me, I put my hand on his shoulder, looked him in the eye, and said Mom only said that because she didn’t want to hurt his feelings. Poor kid cried all day.
Death Rattle
My little brother is deaf and loves fishing. Once, while happily putting worms on the hook, I told him to be glad he couldn’t hear the poor little worms scream when the hook pierced them. He burst into tears and from then on only used corn as bait.
