If you get bit by a snapping turtle he won’t let go until it thunders. Don’t cross your eyes or they will get stuck like that. Don’t swallow those watermelon seeds are you will have a watermelon growing in your belly. Don’t run from those wasps just close your eyes and they won’t sting you. The lessons we received from adults were not always totally accurate. Go ahead and run, you’ll come home when you get hungry! Keep crying and I’ll give you something to cry about! Other lessons were 100 percent accurate. Family trips were always good after we arrived at ...