Mouths of Babes

[unknownfate]

It's important life skills I'm teaching 'em.


Me: Whoa! Don't put that in your mouth! We don't put anything that's on the floor in our mouths. C'mon. Even raccoons wash their food before they eat it.

A K4 Child: Raccoons have stripey tails!

Me: True. What else do raccoons have?

Another K4 Child: ..........Maskses?

Me: Good! Anything else?

Another K4 Child: RABIES!!!

Me: Well... uh...

Same K4 Child: AND IF THEY BITE YOU, YOU HAVE TO GET SHOTS!!!

Me: That's... that's right. And so...um, do we touch a raccoon ever?

All K4 Children: NO!!!

Me: Good, good! Now, let's go to recess.

Comments

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful.

I saw a raccoon the other day at work, actually. It was way bigger than I had pictured it, and more tawny-colored.

:)

[eternal-chimera.livejournal.com]

Skool em right!

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

Those things are nasty! I grew up in the sticks and I can vouch for their rotten tempers. Give me 'possums any day!

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

We get possums too, and once I saw a skunk. And coyotes though I've never seen one. I stay far away from all of them, though at least possums aren't scary.

Re: :)

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

I'm a-trying!

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

It's kind of a moot point. There's no such critters up here. Just lemmings. And the occasional weasel or fox.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

Oh! I should have known that. XD It's kind of funny then.

[casinoland.livejournal.com]

*in sharp squeeky robot voice* I saw a squirrel

[bane-6.livejournal.com]

Did it go like this? *chitter*

There's squirrels farther south, but none here.