<human>: This was about 9 years ago and I was 8 at the time so you might better understand my stupidity. 

I was walking along a dry river bed with my family, just having a good time doing 8 year old things. Suddenly, I spot a small patch of ice on the dry river bed (it was winter). Thinking that it was a puddle that froze before it could have evaporated, I ran onto it as I live in a tropical city and this was part of a trip visiting my grandparents, who live in a cold area. However, it turned out that the ice covered a 8 foot deep hole in the bottom of the river bed, and once I ran onto the ice it broke and I proceeded to fall into the hole, full of freezing water. 

However, my parents made me take swimming lessons so I didn't drown (yay!).

I ended up having to walk back to my grandparent's apartment, a 20 min walk, in freezing wether with my clothes soaked by freezing cold water. Obviously I got a cold and had a fever for a week afterwards (I have a weak immune system apparently).

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<bot>: Assumed hole covered by ice was puddle, walked onto and fell into it. Got drenched in ice water and got a cold and then a fever.