The Cowboy Boots

[Nervous Wreck]

(Anyone who has ever dressed a child will love this one!)


Did you hear about the Texas teacher who was helping one of her

kindergarten students put on his cowboy boots?

He asked for help and she could see why.

Even with her pulling and him pushing, the little boots still didn't

want to go on. By the time they got the second boot on, she had

worked up a sweat.

She almost cried when the little boy said, 'Teacher, they're on the

wrong feet.' She looked, and sure enough, they were. It wasn't any

easier pulling the boots off than it was putting them on. She

managed to keep her cool as together they worked to get the boots

back on, this time on the right feet.

He then announced, 'These aren't my boots.'

She bit her tongue rather than get right in his face and scream, 'Why

didn't you say so?' like she wanted to. Once again, she struggled to

help him pull the ill-fitting boots off his little feet. No sooner

had they gotten the boots off when he said, 'They're my brother's

boots. My mom made me wear 'em.'

Now she didn't know if she should laugh or cry. But, she mustered up

what grace and courage she had left to wrestle the boots on his
little feet again.

Helping him into his coat, she asked, 'Now, where are your mittens?'

He said, 'I stuffed 'em in the toes of my boots.'

She will be eligible for parole in three years!