FIELD DAY

I am a sixth grade teacher. Every year we take a field trip to a local theme park. Every year the rules are the same. There is no eating or drinking on the bus allowed. This is not to be cruel but it is only a twenty minute ride and, from experience, I know what a mess the kids can make.

All the students were lining up and I noticed Joey with a 2 Liter bottle of coke and a large bag or Oreo cookies. I reminded him "no eating or drinking on the bus." He protested that he didn't want to waste the goodies so I said "either eat them now or throw them out." He went to the back of the line and I forgot all about it. Fortunately, a volunteer parent was in charge of his group. About mid morning I was seated on a bench, close to the ferris wheel. I heard a commotion and looked up in time to see that grossness had fallen from the sky and landed on a group of tourists. As I looked up higher I saw where the cola/cookie mess had originated. Joey had vomited from the very top of the ferris wheel. I said a silent prayer that I was not assigned to his group.