*Winter Boots*****
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> (*Anyone who has ever dressed a child will love this*)****
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> Did you hear about the teacher who was helping one of her
> pupils put on his boots?
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> He asked for help and she could see why.
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> Even with her pulling, and him pushing,****
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> the little boots still didn't want to go on.
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> By the time they got the second boot on, she had worked up a sweat.
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> She almost cried when the little boy said,****
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> 'Teacher, they're on the wrong feet.'
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> She looked, and sure enough, they were.
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> Unfortunately, it wasn't any easier pulling the boots off,****
> than it was putting them on.
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> She managed to keep her cool as, together, they worked to get the boots
> back on,****
> this time on the correct feet.
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> He then announced, 'These aren't my boots.'
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> She bit her tongue, rather than get right in his face and
> scream, 'Why didn't you say so?'****
> like she wanted to.
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> Once again, she struggled to help him pull the ill-fitting
> boots off his little feet.****
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> No sooner had they got the boots off when he said,
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> 'They're my brother's boots. But my Mom made me wear 'em today.'
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> Now she didn't know if she should laugh or cry.
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> But she mustered up what grace and courage she had left to****
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> wrestle the boots BACK onto his feet again.
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> Helping him into his coat, she asked,****
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> 'Now, where are your mittens?'
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> He said, 'I stuffed 'em in the toes of my boots.'
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> She'll be eligible for parole in three years.****
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