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‘Super Tractor Kid’ Drives Drunk Dad Home

Trending on Sina Weibo today is the hot topic of a ‘super kid’ who took his drunken father home by driving a tractor. What made the topic especially remarkable: the little driver was only seven years old.

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12 years ago

January 8, 2015

Fan Bai

Trending on Sina Weibo today is the hot topic of a ‘super kid’ who took his drunken father home by driving a tractor (#幼儿拉醉父回家#). What made the topic especially remarkable: the little driver was only seven years old.

The 7-year old boy from Guangxi, southwest China, was captured in photos late at night driving the tractor by himself, wearing slippers, while his seemingly drunk father was sound asleep in the back of the tractor. The…

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