"Let me have your attention for a moment, because you're talking about--what--some boy pulls your hair, some girl calling you names, mommy will only buy the store brand cookies? Let's talk about something important.
"Put. That juice box. Down.
"Juice boxes are for kids that have five or more gold stars.
"You think I'm teasing you?
"I am not teasing you.
"Your name's Josh, right? You call yourself a kindergartner, you little clown?
"OK, OK. Don't cry. Maybe I'm teasing you a little bit. You can have a juice box, but honestly it wouldn't kill you to rack up some more gold stars. I mean, seriously kiddo.
"OK, where was I? Oh, you're smiling now? Think this is all a big joke? Well, go ahead and laugh all you want, because the good news is: You just lost your nap time. The bad news is you've got--all of you've got just one day to get your nap time back. Starting this afternoon. Starting with this afternoon's arts and crafts time.
"Oh. Have I got your attention now? Good. Because we're adding a little something to this spring's arts and crafts contest. As you know, first prize is a trip to Hershey Park. Anybody wanna see second prize?
"Second prize is a new box of Crayons.
"Third prize is no nap time.
"Get the picture?
"You've got arts and crafts materials. Schraeder Kindgarten paid good money for those materials. Use those materials to make pretty pictures for your moms and dads. It's pretty simple, you little stinkers. Make some art. Use your pencil to connect the lines that are dotted. And then color inside the lines. A-B-C. A-always, B-be, C-coloring. Always be coloring. Always be coloring.
"Your parents are coming to this Spring Festival next weekend. You think they're coming because they want to get out the house? No! Your parents don't come to this festival except to see what you made them. Are you going to show them something good?
"Are you talented enough to show them something good?
"Looking around at what you've got on the bulletin boards, I have to doubt it. What's that you've got there on the wall, a sun with a smily face? Some little girl with a triangle torso and a dog with five legs? A fire engine with a face? A fire engine with a face?
"I can take the materials you have today and make myself something pretty. Can you?
"Can you?
"Go and do likewise, boys and girls. Make something pretty and your parents are going to be awfully proud of you. Don't, and you can guarantee that they'll always love you just a little bit less than your brothers and sisters.
"OK, now who's ready for a snack?"
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'a fire engine with a face?'
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keep it up!