Welcome to The Moth. I'm Jennifer Hickson, and on this episode we give you some answers.

In a few days, we'll share a Moth Radio Hour all about questions, but we're getting a bit of a head start,

focusing on getting answers, messing around and finding out, and what happens when you receive an answer you might not have expected.

We'll start with a lesson learned. Jason Heimus told this at a Phoenix Story Slam where the theme of the night was snooping.

Here's Jason live at the moth.

I was about seven or eight years old and I grew up in Mexico and as a kid I had three

traits that clearly defined me. I was a kid that was super curious, problem, you know, I was a

problem solver and I also very had a very healthy appetite. Therefore my nickname was Gordo, if you're Hispanic, you know. So in the night of this

incident, my whole family seemed to be preoccupied with adult kind of things that I did on

find as fun. So while everyone was doing their thing, I wandered into my parents' bedroom and at my mom's

nightstand, I found this like round tab that was just sitting there.

And honestly, I thought it was candy, right? But I knew it wasn't mine.

So I looked over my shoulder, I reached over, broke a little piece of this

wonder tab, and then I just ate it. Holy crap was it delicious. It tasted like cherry,

it was sort of fizzy. So I went for seconds. So while I'm having this moment with this candy,

the next thing that I hear is my mom yelling across the house,

Hey kids, I forgot to tell you, I left rat poison and my nightstand.

What?

My hearts are spounding. My eyes get teary. I'm like, I'm going to die. I'm like, oh my God. So,

being a problem solver, I ran to the other bathroom, and I found a gently used bar of soap.

And you see, in my kid mine, I figured that if soap was strong

enough to kill viruses and bacteria, it'll probably kill or neutralize the poison. I was a kid.

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