The Kids are priceless

Field trip this week was at an amusement park 1.5 hours away by bus. Fun trip for any adults who are responsible for 50 odd children along the way! Actually, the field trip WAS fun. This week we rotated so as to give everyone an equal opportunity with the older kids (and better rides). I had the youngers, who were pointed out to be the perfect height for “crop dusting” (farting and wafting hehehhehehehe). But I digress… there was a haunted house which was in the castle complete with scary noises coming out of the doors and goulish figurines sculpted into the walls. I was however, somehow too gullible in reading the map, and was convinced it was not one, and promised the kids as much; but they wouldn’t have it, and we waited off to the side… thank goodness! As it turns out, yes it was a haunted house, yes my partner counselor knew as much, and yes I would have broken many a promises that day!
There was another memorable part of the day having to do with a nude statue of a lady placed precariously eye level outside the main castle. As we were walking back sandwich style (one counselor in front of the group one in back), I being in back got to witness comedic magic! One of the boys trailing near the middle of the group, upon spying the nude statue, veered off to the side, completely leaving his buddy and the group in general, and stood in front of the statue, locked on, just staring for at least 20 seconds… he just tractor beamed it in on her boobs, completely oblivious to the rest of the world! Heheheh. It happened a little later too as we were leaving, except this time it became known to more kids and the resulting crowd left them giggling and snorting in fits of embarrassment and sheepishness.
At one point during the week, the kids were asked, “who knows the island where mr. mantis (me) is from?” and after many guesses, and no answers, we gave them a few hints; “it begins with an ‘O’”… a few more guesses, no right answer… “it ends with an ‘U’”… a few more guesses, nothing, nothing… then all of a sudden one of the kids lights up; “I know, I know… is it “OU”??? dead serious! Hahahhaha!