A
home-economics teacher was
trying[CNE]
to
encourage[Note #1]
her third-graders to try
new foods. The
teacher had
a
piece
(DO) {of venison,}
which she
cut
up
{into
little squares}.
She
placed
the
pieces (DO) {on
spoons}and gave
them (DO) {to
each} {of the children}.
"Now, boys and girls, the
game
we're going[Note
#2]
to play today
is
to taste this new food,
and to guess the name
{of the animal} {from which} this
meat
came,"
the
teacher
said[CNE].
"I'll give you
(IO) a
hint
(DO) -- it's
a
name (PN)
that sometimes your
mommy
calls
your
daddy (DO) when
he
comes home {from
the office}."
There[Note]
was a long pause
(PN).
Finally a
youngster
{in the back} exclaimed[CNE],
"Don't[Note]
eat it (DO)!"
Executive SpeechWriter Newsletter,
in Readers Digest, Feb, 93. 57
|