In First Grade Music class today, doing vocal exploration work using a big poster of a decrepit house, complete with ragged black curtains and scary-ish pictures of the 'homeowners' standing at each window.
(Imagine the Adams Family, diluted to grammar school scariness levels...)
Me Wow, you all sound just like the ghost. I'm getting scared!
Kids Really? You're a scaredy-cat!
Me Sometimes.
Kids I'm afraid to sleep in the dark...I sleep with the hallway light on....I'm afraid of monsters under the bed...I think there are big alligators in my closet, hiding behind the blanket pile....I hear scary noises when I wake up in the middle of the night and have to run to my Mom and Dad's room....
Me Hmmm.....what do you do,when you're scared?
Katie* Well, I smile at the darkness. If it thinks I'm not scared, it will probably go bother someone else.
Wow.
*Katie is, of course, not this intrepid, wise young child's real name.
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