Liking Them Bones
A humorously embarrassing education
Halloween is intended to be fun and playful, but to some young children, it’s scarier than sitting on a red-suited, bearded, fat man that has millions of little elf spies. The realistic grossness of the holiday has soared to new heights with severed limbs, heads, ungodly evil creatures, scary clowns and gory zombies. Walking through some Halloween store displays can create terrifying nightmares for some impressionable youths. Then again, regardless of how scary the circumstances, the innocence of children still prevails.
It was the week before Halloween and although anxious; the preschoolers were excited about getting bags full of sweet free candy. The class lesson for the week was appropriately timed. “What’s inside us? Bones!”
The bell had rung and all the children rushed to find their spot on the carpet and awaited instructions. Their teacher, Miss Sarah, came into the classroom carrying a life-sized plastic skeleton.
As she walked to the front of the class and exclaimed. “Boys and girls, this is Mr. Bones. He’s visiting our classroom this week.”
She hung the skeleton on a pole hook using the string loop attached to the skull.
