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Children Are Like Sponges; They Start To Smell After A Little While.

Whatever Story You're Telling, It Will Be More Interesting If, At The End You Add, "and Then Everything Burst Into Flames.

When A Kid Can Understand That A Word Can Mean Two Things, There's Some Real Thinking Going On. They Have A Vested Interest In Finding Out What A Word Means, Because It's The Punch Line To A Joke.

If I Have A Talent For Making Some Fourth-grader Who Hates School And Reading To Hate It A Little Less, Then I Have To Do The Most With What I've Been Issued.

In Writing I Found Something I Could Do At Least As Well As My Peers, If Not Better.