My husband and I had just finished tucking our five young ones into bed one evening when we heard sobbing coming from three-year-old Billy's room.

Rushing to his side, we found him crying hysterically. He had accidentally swallowed a penny and was sure he was going to die. No amount of talking could change his mind.

Desperate to calm him, my husband palmed a penny that he happened to have in his pocket and pretended to pull it from Billy's ear. Billy was delighted.

In a flash, he snatched it from my husband's hand, swallowed it and demanded cheerfully, "Do it again, Dad!"

- tuck : 이불따위를 덮어주다
- sob : 흐느끼며 울다
- hysterically : 병적으로 흥분한
- swallow : 삼키다, 제비
- palm : 속임수로 동전을 손바닥에 감추다
- snatch : 낚아채다