One day, in an effort to help stir up a class full of listless students,
Loretta asked the students to each come up and put on the blackboard something that had caused a lot of excitement around their houses lately.
She called on Nancy.
Nancy went up to the board and drew a flower, stating that the flowers they’d planted that spring were all blooming, and that was causing a lot of excitement around their house.
Loretta said, “That’s very nice, Nancy.”
Next she calls on little Timmy, who goes up to the board and draws a stick figure of an animal.
“What kind of animal is that?” asks Loretta.
“That’s a puppy,” says Timmy. “We just got one of those, and it’s caused a lot of excitement around our house lately.”
“That’s very nice, Timmy,” she replies. “Who wants to go next?”
Little Johnny is waving more than ever; finally unable to ignore him any longer,
Loretta says, “Okay, Johnny, you’re next.”
Little Johnny goes up to the front of the classroom and draws a single dot on the board.
“What’s that?” she asks (afraid of what the answer is going to be).
“That’s a per!od,” answers Little Johnny.
“My sister’s missed two of those, and you can bet that’s caused a lot of excitement around OUR house!”
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