
Did
you hear about the teacher who was helping one of her kindergarten
students put on his boots?
He asked
for help and she could see why. With her pulling and him pushing,
the boots still didn't want to go on. When the second boot was on,
she had worked up a sweat. She almost whimpered when the little
boy said, "Teacher, they're on the wrong feet." She looked
and sure enough, they were.
It wasn't
any easier pulling the boots off than it was putting them on. She
managed to keep her cool as together they worked to get the boots
back on, this time on the right feet. He then announced, "These
aren't my
boots."
She
bit her tongue rather than get right in his face and scream,"Why
didn't you say so?" like she wanted to.
Once
again she struggled to help him pull the ill-fitting boots off.
He then said, "They're my brother's boots. My Mom made me wear
them."
She
didn't know if she should laugh or cry. She mustered up the grace
and courage she had left to wrestle the boots on his feet again.
She said, "Now, where are your mittens?"
He said,
"I stuffed them in the
toes of my boots..."
Her
trial starts next month.
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