Sunday, September 09, 2007

Early Morning Funny

Opal watches our students who arrive early for school. As the many students jostled in the hallway last week, stowing books and gathering supplies for the day, Opal needed to get one boy's attention.

The problem is that two brothers, John and Jacob, are in the same classroom and she used the wrong name first. The cadence of her correction was perfect to allow John-Travis, a third boy in the same classroom, to sing a happy little joke. Here's how it went:

Opal: (calling down the hall) John!... Jacob!

John-Travis: (humming the "Jingleheimer Schmidt" part, then bursts into...) That's my name, too!

It happened fast, and John-Travis's wit and excellent timing made it funny!