Connor, on May 23 you had already shared

your space at Miss Linda’s side when she read
Alexander’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
and you wound up sitting where you couldn’t see
the pictures because her arm was in the way when
she held the book. And that is your favorite book.

your chair at lunch because Noah wanted to sit by Eli
and Miss Mary was on the other side of him and she asked
 you to change your seat and then the vanilla cookies
ran out            and Noah got the last one and you got a chocolate cookie.
You hate chocolate.

your place in the “go to potty” line because Rachel
was at the end and she said she had to go really bad
so Miss Anne put her in front of you
but she really didn’t. She just wanted to get through fast
so she could go play in the kitchen with Mason and then
you wet your pants and had to change into Dan’s clothes
since Daddy had forgotten to bring extra clothes after
you had gotten muddy on the field trip.

So when Jackson came up to you during “major muscle group”
exercise and grabbed your truck and said he wanted to play with it,
you said in your outside voice, “Do Not Take My Truck.” Miss Linda
and Miss Anne turned to look and Miss Mary walked over to you
and asked if you would share your truck. You said, “I have shared
all day. I do not want to share my truck.” Miss Mary gave you a hug
and asked Jackson to go to the truck box and get another truck.

© by Karen Call.
Used with the author’s permission