sometimes i think i teach myself

The other day I read a story from a book of fables to my students about a little dog who finds a gold button. My students were so completely enthralled, no one moved even the tiniest bit. (Which was soooo nice.)

At the end of each fable is a saying that summarizes the lesson to be learned. When I got to the end of this particular story and read that saying out loud, I got the strangest feeling that our souls had just been fed. As if to confirm this, Jeremiah looked up at me and said, "Oooh, that was good." I completely agreed. And this was the moral of the story: