A great hush falls upon the small crowd as all the children look up at Doc, obviously trying to work out who he is and where he has come from. The boys look wary, but the girls... well, the girls look something else entirely.
Katherine has to bite her lip to keep from laughing before she turns to Doc and nods, seeing that their minds are working toward the same outcome.
"Why don't MaryAnne and I take... this pink ribbon, here," Katherine says, setting the small girl back down in front of her and threading the pale pink line through her fat little fingers. "And James, what if Doc--I mean, Mr. Scurlock--helped you along with your ribbon, too?"
James ran to a green ribbon--it was obvious he had already picked it out earlier--and gave Doc a timid, little speculative look.
"How does that sound, children? Would you like to see your teacher and her friend make themselves dizzy?"
This warrants laughter from the older girls and boys, and a happy medium is finally found. Katherine mouths a 'Thank You' to Doc as singing and laughter once again works its way back into the group of young ones.
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Katherine has to bite her lip to keep from laughing before she turns to Doc and nods, seeing that their minds are working toward the same outcome.
"Why don't MaryAnne and I take... this pink ribbon, here," Katherine says, setting the small girl back down in front of her and threading the pale pink line through her fat little fingers. "And James, what if Doc--I mean, Mr. Scurlock--helped you along with your ribbon, too?"
James ran to a green ribbon--it was obvious he had already picked it out earlier--and gave Doc a timid, little speculative look.
"How does that sound, children? Would you like to see your teacher and her friend make themselves dizzy?"
This warrants laughter from the older girls and boys, and a happy medium is finally found. Katherine mouths a 'Thank You' to Doc as singing and laughter once again works its way back into the group of young ones.