I used to have a little white cotton tent with tie up doors light wooden poles that came apart into two pieces and you had to put in a separate groundsheet.
Took my daughter camping in it one weekend. Woke up early and noticed there were some hot air balloons in the sky a way off. So I quietly took the tent down being carefull not to wake her (tricky manoeuvre! ) lay down in my bag again and gently woke her saying look ! There are balloons in the sky!
She groggily looked up and said oh yeah! And lay down again.. only to seconds later sit up in panic.
WHERE'S THE TENT? she yells.
I murmer sleepily, what tent?
By now she's out of her bag in total panic thinking someone stole the tent overnight.
I kept it going as long as I could keep a straight face... which wasn't for long!
Wicked mommy!
Couldn't do that with a modern nylon tent.
It's still the first thing she talks about every time we remaniss about our adventures together.