A while ago, my brother David sent me a package with specific opening instructions. When I finally had the box open, I found a little battle scene composed of cowboys & indians, policemen, and firemen. There was also a strange head made of an old, dried coconut; it contained a few more of the small figurines. The coconut was eventually named Marco, but that is irrelevant to this particular story.
On Monday, I was cleaning out my office when I found my plastic bag full of the little figurines. I had forgotten all about them. I couldn’t just throw away, but it wasn’t worth packing them. What to do? Prank someone else!
I went down to the faculty room and eventually created a battle scene on the table with the help of a few students and the history teacher, Elizabeth. We came up with some pretty creative situations for our little warriors.
I suggested that the kids take the toys home to prank someone else, but they couldn’t think of a good idea at the time. Then Elizabeth got excited and said, “I’ll take them! I can use them for history class!” She’s going to create battle scenes as they learn about real battles from history! I hope it works! I’m glad the little guys have found a home.
