When I was ten, I came second in a competition where the first price was a trip to Disneyland in Paris. I was supposed to colour a drawing of Pochahontas, but my mom convinced me doing something extra and more creative would pay out, so I drew some animals and plants, cut out elements of the drawing and glued it on cardboard to get some sort of 3D-effect. The reason I came second was because my mom cut out some of the elements for me (understandably, she wouldn't let her ten year old kid use a scalpel). Second prize was a stuffed animal that I still have somewhere.
My mom had won the whole family a trip to the states with a trip to Disneyworld and a Disney Cruise to the Bahamas included a couple of years earlier, so I guess Disneyland in Paris would have been a bummer compared to that anyway.
Edit: There is more! How could I forget this? A few months ago I got a letter in the mail saying that a package was waiting for me at the post office. I had no idea what it could be, because it was neither my birthday nor Christmas, and I hadn't purchased anything off the internet in a while. I went to get my package and opened it, and inside was my Pochahontas drawing and a letter from the lady who had been in charge of the competition where she explained that the company she worked for was moving, and they could bring the drawing with them. She didn't have the heart to throw it away, so she found my address and sendt it back to me instead. The whole thing was very touching, and I still can't believe they kept my drawing for ten whole years.
