oh my LORD. there was nothing in the world i was more frightened of as a child.
i was a horrible nuisance any time we went out because i clung to my mum (or any other adult i deemed as safe) like i was going to die if i didn't.
i came from an age where it was big to use scare tactics to stop children from wondering. while most children would ignore this and continue to be loose cannons, i became eternally terrified to ever be out of sight of an adult that i knew.
so, as a result, i never, ever got lost. i was ALWAYS where i was meant to be.
