Rules
I was in an elementary school Friday and there was a line of stars with rules written on them. Most of them were fairly sad and/or boring- don’t smoke, don’t play with markers (?), don’t leave your buddy etc.
Then there were these two and I cannot tell you how happy they made me.
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and now they have made ME incredibly happy : ) Thanks for sharing.