Instant Replay

This morning we had an assembly. It was a science guy who was also a magician. It was pretty entertaining; he was funny, taught some basic concepts and did some great illusions.

Later, the kids came in from lunch recess. I was just getting them settled down so that I could read aloud, when I notice Zhu. She is holding a yellow post-it note, facing out, as if she is signaling to someone else. I sort of quickly glanced about to see if I could figure out who she was communicating with, but I couldn't tell. Finally I asked, "Zhu, is that meant for me?"

"No," she replied. Still, she held the yellow note up.

"Well, what is it?" I asked.

"I got Jack's autograph!" she exclaimed.

"Jack the magician?" I inquired further.

"Yes," she replied.

"Oh. Well, you better be careful. His autograph might disappear later!"

Get it? Becuase it was a MAGICIAN'S AUTOGRAPH! So, it might DISAPPEAR!

The class laughed; in fact, Jason laughed so hard he got tears in his eyes. Really, I don't think we had laughed together that much yet this year.

About five minutes later, Judy came into the room (I'm not sure why she came in late, come to think of it...) "Judy!" I cried. "You missed me-I was hilarious! Zhu, let's replay the joke for Judy. Hold up your note..."

We went through the whole joke. Judy and everyone else laughed. Just then, another teacher came into the room. "Zhu! Let's do the joke again for Mrs. Timmins!" So we did. We all laughed.

Then, my beloved principal walks in. "Zhu! Let's do the joke for Mrs. Principal (not her real name...). So, we did the joke for the fourth time. We laughed still.