When my mom was about 10 she stuck a cap from a tube of ointment up her nose and then nobody could get it out. Grandma detailed her oldest sister to walk her to the doctor (right in the depression). The sister told my mom that she had to walk precisely 4 paces behind her. Far enough that nobody would think they were together but close enough to not be considered lost.
The best part of that story was hearing the two sisters recount it from their own perspective 75 years later :)
Oh goodness, were they laughing hysterically aa they told it? That's a delightful story!!!! Children do strange things with their noses...