The Time a 3-Year-Old Got Lost at a Concert... and Ended Up on Stage

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One person's late mother used to tell them, again and again, "you're not normal." Curious where that came from, they finally asked her why — and got an answer they weren't quite ready for.

Apparently, at around age three, they wandered off from their seat during a concert. Moments later, the crowd erupted, and their mother looked up to see her toddler had made it all the way onto the stage, banging away on a tambourine alongside the performers. Yeah. Maybe mom had a point.

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My late mom used to tell me all the time, “you’re not normal.” One day I asked her why she thought that, and she said, “When you were about 3, you got lost at a concert, and when the crowd suddenly went wild I looked up at the stage and there you were, up with the performers banging a tambourine…” Yeah okay, that’s more not-normal than I expected, lol

亡き母からは度々「あなたは普通じゃない」と言われていた\nある時なぜそう思うかを尋ねたら、「3歳くらいの頃ライブ会場で迷子になったことがあって、客席が急に沸いて驚いてステージを見たら、あなたが演者に混ざってタンバリン叩いてたから……」と返されて思った以上に普通じゃなくて笑った

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Damn.

えぐいて。

A 3-year-old who could actually find their way from the audience seats to the stage is impressive in its own right lol

客席からステージまでの導線を見つけられる3歳児もまた凄いなｗ

The opening line had me on edge, and then it turned out to genuinely not be normal. Mom was right on this one.

出だしが不穏でドキドキしたらマジで普通じゃなかった。これはお母さまがただしい

Absolute bundle of talent 😂😂

才能の塊すぎる😂😂

Kind of a Curious George moment (a classic children’s book/cartoon monkey famous for getting into mischief)

なんかおさるのジョージみたいなエピソードだ

Didn’t realize these kinds of stories could ever actually turn out to be not-normal.

この手の話で本当に普通じゃないパターンってあるんだ

Guess these setups can actually lead to something genuinely not-normal…

この流れで本当に普通じゃない事あるんだ……

It was more not-normal than expected, and honestly, a mom who takes her 3-year-old to a concert has some serious energy too. Love it.

思ってた以上に普通じゃなかったし、3歳の子をライブ会場に連れて行ってるお母さんもだいぶパンチ強くて好き

The mom who brought a 3-year-old to a concert and then lost track of them isn’t exactly normal either

３歳をライブ会場に連れて行き見失う母親も普通じゃないね

Taking a 3-year-old to a concert in the first place isn’t normal either… right??

3歳の子どもをライブ会場連れてく親も普通じゃない・・・よな？？

Taking a 3-year-old to a concert and then losing sight of them so they wander off isn’t normal either. Can’t even laugh at this one.

3歳の子供をライブ会場に連れていったあげく目を離して迷子にさせる母君も普通ではない。笑えない。

Taking a 3-year-old to a concert and losing track of them… isn’t the parent kind of wild too? Glad to see a bunch of people saying the same thing.

3歳の子供をライブに連れて行って、目を離すなんて…親も大概じゃね？って思ったけど同じこと言ってる人沢山いて良かった。

The performers’ easygoing vibe though.

演者のおおらかさよ

I bet the performers brought her up on stage so her guardian could actually spot her in the crowd.

演者の人たちが保護者が見つけられるようにとステージにあげてくれた、てことじゃないかな。

Where’d she even get a tambourine from?

タンバリンどっから持ってきたの？

Maybe it was a Yuzu concert? (a popular Japanese folk-rock duo known for heavy audience participation) Pretty much every Yuzu fan comes standard-equipped with a tambourine at their shows. And they’re polite enough to keep it zipped away in their bag until the exact song that needs it comes up.

ゆずさんかな？ゆずっこの皆さん、ライブでほぼ全員がタンバリンを標準装備してますよね。しかもタンバリンが必要な曲になるまでちゃんとカバンの中にしまっておくというマナーの良さも持ち合わせていらっしゃる

I’ve got a similar story. My sister was 3 when she got lost at a local community event, and while my mom and I were out looking for her, the crowd suddenly erupted — we looked up to see my sister on stage with a mic, announcing “I’m going to sing Kita no Sakaba!” (an old-school enka ballad with three verses) Except she only knew the first verse, so she just repeated it three times straight. Absolute legend. Telling this story for generations.

これと似た経験がある\n当時3歳だった妹が地域のイベント会場で迷子になり母と一緒に探していたんだけど、客席が急に湧いて驚いてステージを見たら、マイクを持った妹が「北酒場を歌います！」\n３番まである楽曲なのに1番しか知らなくて、同じ歌詞を3回繰り返したの本当に強かったし子孫に語り継ぎたい

Went to see a ballet once and ended up dancing at the dark edge of the stage myself… 🤐

バレエみにいって、舞台の端っこの暗いところに上がって踊っていたわた...🤐

I think “not normal” in this context could also be read as “has guts.” My son did something similar back in kindergarten — at a shopping mall event, he somehow ended up on stage helping out with a magic show, doing tricks alongside the magician. I was stunned when my husband, who’d been in the audience the whole time, told me how it all happened.

この文章での普通じゃないは、度胸があると言い換えられるかなと。\n\nうちの息子も幼稚園期に、ショッピングセンターのイベントで、マジックショーのお手伝い係？舞台に上がり、マジシャンとマジックを披露してた。\n客席にいた夫から、経緯を聞いてびっくりした。

My take

You don't often get a "you're not normal" this wholesome and this proud of it.

#Funny #Parenting

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