4-Year-Old Rips Up Parents’ Life Savings

A Chinese toddler who was allowed to tear old books
by his parents ripped up the family's entire life
savings when he found the money under a bed.
The little boy, 4, was left alone by his mother Liu Fan,
28, in the bedroom of their home in Xi'an, Shaanxi
province, West China.
The curious boy found the money – thought to be
worth around £3,000 (N783, 150) – in a box under
the bed and proceeded to rip it to shreds while his
parents were in a room next door.
Liu Fan, 28, said: 'We don't have much time for
reading here.
'We didn't really care when he ripped up the old
books we had lying around, and it was easy to buy
very cheap old books down the market which he
happily ripped into small pieces.
'I thought if I left him alone with a book for an hour it
would be no problem and we could hear the ripping
sounds from the kitchen but didn't think anything of
it.'
'My family told me that it was not and I now realise
they were right after he found all our money and
ripped it up. It was all our savings.'
The family had been saving for a deposit on a new
apartment, which they were going to buy in the New
Year.
Thankfully, the family found a generous bank willing
to would match the value of the notes and exchange
them for new ones.
Mrs Liu added that she had now put a stop to her
sons destructive habit, saying: 'I realise that perhaps
it wasn't very sensible, I'm just very glad that the
bank staff agreed to help'