Pokemon Card Stories

 Have you ever taken something you weren't supposed to?


When I was younger I took some pokemon cards while at a friend’s house and it was a really bad heist, but maybe not because of the reason you are thinking. I was at a dinner party at a friend’s house. We went through a pokemon card collection probably belonging to him and his dad and I may have swiped a few. The dinner party went on, I remember there was some device, maybe a Wii we could play Super Mario 3D world on so I was distracted from the guilt of stealing the cards. I probably realized I stole the cards when we were leaving, but I do not think anyone noticed if I was acting weird. When I got home I probably admired the cards for a bit and then put them in a box because what other use is there for pokemon cards then admiring them to promptly forget about them? Playing the game? A couple months pass by and I am probably playing New Super Mario Bros Wii U at a different friend’s house who happens to be cousins with the friend I stole from. You might be thinking they probably found out somehow and you were screwed, but I was the one who actually ended up unknowingly admitting to my crime. During a break, my friend’s mom pulls me aside and shows me photos of the exact cards I stole and asks if I had them. I had no clue what was going on, maybe because I wanted to brag I had those cards, but I probably forgot how I got those cards. So I ended up admitting that I had the stolen cards and I still have no clue what is going on. Did I ask myself why would my friend’s mom ask if I specifically have the cards I stole? No, I just thought my friend’s mom was just randomly asking me if I had certain pokemon cards for fun. The point is I still have no clue what is going on. I do not think anything happened right after I unknowingly admitted to stealing the cards. When I confronted the friend’s dad I remember I was going on a run. He asked me to go inside and I still have no clue he found out I stole the cards. In fact I might have forgotten I stole the cards, but when he told me he heard from my friend’s mom I had some of the stolen cards I two and two together. I remember he really laid it on me yelling and everything. Luckily grandpa was there to calm him down. I remember he said “he's just a little kid” or something in Chinese. Nevertheless I went back home and was going to return the cards, but then I got a devious thought. What if I threw away the cards? I think I probably thought throwing the cards away would solve everything at the time. I thought I could go back and say I lost the cards and be on my way. When I said I lost the cards I remember he told me something, but I ended up fishing up the cards I crumpled in the trash. I think it may have been a threat to tell my parents, but I also think it could have been something else. I remember after returning the cards I quickly straightened out and they let the issue go. Looking back I think I definitely could have gotten away with the crime, but I am glad I did not. I learned a valuable lesson of not to steal, but I probably stole things after that too just hopefully not as much. Looking back I also gained a new respect for collectors. My friend’s dad definitely cared more about those cards than I ever did. I also realized the real culprit was NINTENDO for making games that turned my brain too much.

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