Friday, March 27, 2009

Lone squirrel + a hoard of 6th graders =

.... best moment of my day.

Today we took our students outside for recess. It's a nice day, we teachers needed it as much as any of the kids. As we got out to the edge of the play area, the kids took off running towards the swings and four square and basketball courts. Then they started screaming. Some poor squirrel chose to run across the playground just as kids were descending on it. It was dodging feet left and right - going around in circles because it didn't see a way out. Kids were squealing, and that poor squirrel finally made a beeline for the parking lot and tore off like a bat of out hell.

I laughed. I laughed really hard. I maybe had a tear rolling down my cheek. Poor squirrel.