Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Short stories. No annoying ads. No mercenary pitches. Just stories to warm your heart. Vetted published articles/tales/short stories (L.A.Times, Newsweek, Seattle Times, Teacher Magazine, Chicken Soup, Miami Herald, etc.) by Paul H.Karrer about: Kids, Teachers, Parents, Education, Korea, Incarceration, Samoa, Peace Corps, New Zealand, California, Connecticut, Teaching, Dogs, Chess, Multicultural Marriage, Foods-real or imagined and more. Most are light-hearted.
Teacher Tails - Karrer Shorts
Question for a Cleric
QUESTION FOR A CLERIC. 148
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A forty-six year-old Henry Karrer paced the empty Sunday school classroom as he waited for the class to show up. As he crossed in front of the window, a black movement caught his eye. Outside, the church, a cat stalked an unsuspecting bird. Henry rapped on the window Damn cat! and the bird flew off.
The loud entry of many students distracted him from further reflection on the feline. The well-groomed students placed coats in their respective cubby holes, then sat on the floor waiting. Mr. Karrer discussed various parables, simplifying them when appropriate, and elicited responses meant to show understanding. Finally, he ended the class by mentioning to his bright-eyed, seven-year olds that God loved them. He had proved it by giving them their one life on earth.
One quick-witted girl, named Rose, crumpled her brow and raised her tiny hand.
"What's the problem, Rose?" Mr. Karrer asked.
She pointed to the window sill. The same cat sat outside looking in. "If God loves US so much, why did he give cats NINE lives?"
Henry rubbed his chin as he looked out the window, "I don't know, but I am sure it's something which bothers birds too.
