Sunday, November 7, 2010

chaos captivated

The chaos? Uncontainable. Like five tornadoes simultaneously tearing through campus.

Attending to one mini-crisis just to move on to the next.
Exhausting.

And then, a flicker of an idea.
Several binder clips, a few tacks, a length of twine, and about a dozen bedsheets.

No young boy could withstand the simple wonderment of a fort.
They gathered around, one by one, chaos overwhelmed by curiosity.

"Blankets, pillows. Go on."
As they scrambled, I dimmed the lights and hunted down a flashlight for effect.

In a matter of a minute, the once uncontainable chaos became five cozy kids captivated in the suspense of scary story.

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