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Bemuse: to bewilder or confuse. I really don't mean to do this to a child, but their bemusement is often my amusement.

Part 2

Oh we've all been there in the hole that we dug for ourselves.

Little Litigation

The case comes before the court...who threw the shoe? The facts are stated, hurled rather, at each other. What to do? In the absence of all credible witnesses, it's a he said she said world. What would you do? And then comes the tears...for pity's sake, the tears.

The Imp

What mysterious mischievous fiend is loose in the room? Who is this puckish prankster bent on getting innocent children in trouble for things they wouldn't even dream of doing? He goes by many names; I Don't Know, I Didn't Do It, It Wasn't Me, and my favorite, It's Not My Mess! His handiwork is readily identifiable in the tiny shreds of paper left all over the art center and the ever missing glove or hat. Oh, I know you now you furtive phantom of the coat rack.

Boogers

That's what I said. Boogers, slime, gelled waste that beckons from the tiny nose hole for a tiny finger. I ask, "What are you doing?" only to be answered with a "huh?" and glazed over eyes. I wonder sometimes if they are really picking brain cells since they never seem to realize their finger is still in their nose as they answer me. Aahh, that's why some people never stop!