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One of the week's vocabulary words is "handler," as in a person who handles an animal in a show or competition. The pre-fab basal vocab tests are BS so I have to make my own weekly assessments. Today I asked them to think of some situations, besides the Jr. Iditarod race from Nome to Anchorage, that might involve animal handlers. They came up with zoos, dog shows, and the circus.
Ms. D_C: Okay, so what kinds of circus animals might require handlers?
CuteSweetLost: Oh! OH! You know, those little guys ... they live in the water ....
Ms. D_C: Um, fish?
CSL: No! They're black and they live in the water. Those guys, you know ...
Ms. D_C, racking her brain, comes up with goby, shark, sea urchin, manta ray, tilapia, eel, till one inspired child suggests, penguin.
Ms. D_C: Penguin?!
CSL: Yeah! That's it! Penguins need handlers! Fish don't even go in the circus.
... Silly me.
2 comments:
like there's sharks at the circus! what were you thinking?
penguins rock. said so on a shirt.
yeh. so here i am thinking the real gem is my little lostie only being able to describe a penguin as a short black thing that lives in the water, when really ... gobies in a circus are much funnier.
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