Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: He claimed to have memories of being rescued by Gypsies from a burning building when he was a tiny child and that the Gypsies taught him to beg , steal , and do acrobatic tricks , but no one knows if this is true .
Simplified: He also claimed that the Gypsies taught him to beg , steal , and do acrobatic tricks .