________________________________ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/6021 - Release Date: 01/09/13 > >The Winter Boots > > >  >(Anyone who has ever dressed a child will love this) >Did you hear about the teacher who was helping one of her >pre-school class pupils put on his boots? > >He asked for help and she could see why. > >Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots >still didn't want to go on. > >By the time they got the second boot on, she had worked up a sweat. > >She almost cried when the little boy said, 'Miss Smiff, >they're on the wrong feet.' > >She looked, and sure enough, they were. > >It wasn't any easier pulling the boots off than it was >putting them on. > >She managed to keep her cool as, together, they worked to get the boots back on, >this time on the correct feet. > >He then announced, 'These aren't my boots.' > >She bit her tongue, rather than get right in his face and >scream, 'Why didn't you say so? ' like she wanted to. > >Once again she struggled to help him pull the ill-fitting >boots off his little feet. > >No sooner had they got the boots off when he said, >'They're my brother's boots. My Mum made me wear 'em..' > >Now she didn't know if she should laugh, cry, or scream. > >But she mustered up what grace and courage she had left to wrestle the boots on >his feet again. > >Helping him into his coat, she asked, 'Now, where are your >gloves?' > >He said, 'I stuffed 'em in the toes of my boots.' > >She will be eligible for parole in three years. >  >  > > >