A 10 year-old Norwegian boy came up with a novel excuse after he drove his parents' car into a snowy ditch: he told police he was a dwarf who forgot his driving license.
The boy lives near Dokka, a town about 110km north of Oslo. Sometime before 6am on Wednesday, he loaded his 18-month old sister into the car and headed for their grandparents in Valdres, about 60km away.
He drove more than 10km before he veered off the road. A snowplow driver found him and alerted the police.
"The parents woke up and discovered that the children were missing and that someone had taken off with their car. They were pretty upset, as you can imagine," said Vest Oppland police district spokesman Baard Christiansen.
"The boy told the snowplow driver that he was a dwarf and that he had forgotten his driver's license at home."
Police said the children were not injured and the car was not damaged, no charges would be filed and the case was closed.
