childhood

'I've gotten too old to play with bugs,' the boy said.

When I was a boy, I used to lie on the grass and gaze at the white clouds.

When I was a boy, I used to lie on my back on the grass and gaze at the white clouds.

I tried all sorts of things — mixing yellow powder with white to make brown, mixing crystals with powder to make dust, combining liquids with solids to make mud, and so on.

She told her older brother, 'I'm gonna tell on you!'

Every evening after school, we'd meet up in his backyard and play Indian war.

The boy was forced to drop out of music school at twelve.

My daughter has grown into the dress my wife used to wear.

When I was six, I was taken to something called a circus for the first time.

For the first time, I was taken to what's called a 'circus.'

We've known each other since we were kids.

I'll hide and you find me, okay? Got it?

When I was going to bed, my father would often read to me.

She thought back on her childhood.

She has cherished irreplaceable memories from her childhood.

When she was a child, she was very shy — like many of us were.

She had a happy childhood.

She grew up by the sea, but she really hates swimming.

She was born and raised in the old downtown.

At first we were separate, but one day we started going to and from school together.

The children chased after the circus parade.

I was asked, 'Are you okay, little guy?' I answered, 'I'm okay.'

My daughter's permanent teeth have come in.

I grew up in the countryside.

I've loved adventure since I was a child.

Fix my toy.

My father must have been handsome when he was young.

My father would sometimes take me to his workplace.

My father passed away when I was seven.

She named her teddy bear Ted.