BUCKLE UP FOR SAFETY

I was lining up my second graders to go down to the cafeteria for lunch. We would be passing the principal's office so I asked them to please "do a good job" and walk quietly, in a straight line with arms at their sides because the principal would see us. One little guy immediately bent over at the waist, clutching himself as if he were cold and trying to warm himself. I asked him to get his sweater and he said he didn't need one. We started to pass the principals open door and he doubled over again, causing the boy behind him to knock into him and almost knock him over. "Bobby" I reprimanded "you must follow my direction and stand up staight NOW!" So, as fate would have it he stood up straight, arms at side directly in front of the principals door and his pants fell to the floor, around his ankles, exposing his skinny white legs and RED briefs! "Buddy" I said to the crying child, why didn't you tell me you need a belt? "You didn't ask me" was the response.