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TO YOU BY THE SAG-AFTRA FOUNDATION. I'M TERRY CREWS AND TODAY I'M GOING TO READ THE KING OF KINDERGARTEN WRITTEN BY DEREK BARNES
AND ILLUSTRATED BY VANESSA BRANTLEY NEWTON. THE MORNING SUN BLARES THROUGH YOUR WINDOW LIKE A
MILLION BRASS TRUMPETS. IT SITS AND SHINES BEHIND YOUR HEAD LIKE A CROWN. MOMMY SAYS THAT TODAY
YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE KING OF KINDERGARTEN. YOU'LL USE A GOLDEN BRUSH
TO CLEAN YE ROYAL CHICLETS YOU'LL WASH YOUR OWN FACE WITH
A CLOTH BEARING THE FAMILY CREST YOU'LL DRESS YOURSELF NEATLY IN HAND-PICKED
GARMENTS FROM THE FAR OFF VILLAGES OF OSH AND KASH BUT GOSH, YOU'LL BE READY TO REIGN. "MY BABY IS
HEADING TO SCHOOL," MOMMY WILL SAY DURING BREAKFAST. BUT YOU'RE NOT A BABY. COULD A BABY WOLF
DOWN A TOWER PANCAKES THE WAY YOU CAN? I DON'T THINK SO. "YOU'RE GROWING UP SO
FAST," DADDY WILL SAY. AND HE'LL BE RIGHT. "I CAN'T STAY THE SAME SIZE FOREVER, CAN I?" YOU'LL
SAY. "ONE DAY I'LL BE TALLER THAN YOU, DADDY, AND YOU'LL BE MY LITTLE MAN." DADDY WILL LAUGH, BUT YOU WON'T BE JOKING. THEN A BIG YELLOW CARRIAGE WILL DELIVER YOU TO A GRAND FORTRESS. AS YOU
WALK UP TO THE TOWERING DOORS, YOU'LL REMEMBER MOMMY SAYING "HOLD YOUR HEAD HIGH, AND GREET
EVERYONE WITH A BRILLIANT, BEAMING, MAJESTIC SMILE, FOR YOU ARE THE KING OF KINDERGARTEN." YOUR
TEACHER WILL WELCOME YOU WITH A WARM SMILE AND FRIENDLY "GOOD MORNING." SHE'LL BE DELIGHTED
BY HOW YOU RECITE YOUR NAME WITH PRIDE. WHEN YOU HEAD TO YOUR ROYAL SEAT, THE KIDS AT YOUR
ROUND TABLE WILL WAVE AND SAY "HI" LIKE THEY'VE BEEN WAITING ON YOU ALL SUMMER. SO YOU SMILE BACK,
RETURN THE WAVE, AND GIVE THEM A CHEERFUL, "HI EVERYBODY!" THE TRUTH IS YOU COULDN'T WAIT TO MEET
YOUR KINDERGARTEN KINGDOM EITHER. YOUR TEACHER WILL GO OVER CLASSROOM RULES, AND YOU'LL ALL DISCUSS
IMPORTANT MATTERS SUCH AS SHAPES, THE ALPHABET AND THE NEVER-ENDING MYSTERY OF NUMBERS. SHE'LL
EVEN READ A BOOK ABOUT TRUCKS, TRAINS, AND TRACTORS. WHOA! IT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT YOU'RE
THE KING OF KINDERGARTEN. PIECE OF CAKE. YOU WILL SHOW YOUR BRAVERY AT RECESS WHEN
YOU GO UP TO ONE OF YOUR CLASSMATES AND ASK, "MARIE, DO YOU WANT TO PLAY WITH
ME?" NOT ONLY WILL SHE SAY YES, BUT SHE'LL LEAD THE WAY IN HELPING YOU SAVE
THE KINGDOM BY BATTLING A FIRE-BREATHING DRAGON. IN THE CAFETERIA, THE BOY SITTING NEXT TO YOU
WILL BE MISSING DESSERT. YOU'LL HAVE PACKED YOUR FAVORITE CHOCOLATE PUDDING WITH AN EXTRA CUP JUST
IN CASE. SO YOU'LL SAY TO HIM, "WANT A PUDDING HOWIE?" HE'LL SAY THANKS, AND YOU WON'T MIND AT ALL, BECAUSE
WHAT COULD BE COOLER THAN SHARING WITH NEW FRIENDS? AFTER A ROYAL REST, YOU'LL ARISE TO SING AND DANCE
AND BOP TO A RHYTHMIC BEAT. THE DAY WILL BE ONE YOU'LL NEVER FORGET. AT
THE END OF IT, YOUR TEACHER WILL WISH YOU ALL A MAGNIFICENT EVENING, AND
BID YOU FAREWELL UNTIL DAWN. ON YOUR WAY BACK HOME, YOU'LL THINK OF ALL THE
THINGS YOU CAN'T WAIT TO TELL YOUR PARENTS. "I MADE A BUNCH OF NEW FRIENDS, MY TEACHER
IS NICE, AND RECESS IS THE BEST THING EVER!" AND TOMORROW IT WILL BEGIN AGAIN. ANOTHER DAY
AS THE CHARMING, THE WONDERFUL, AND THE KIND KING OF KINDERGARTEN. THE THING I LOVE ABOUT THIS BOOK IS THAT IT SHOWS
THAT SOMETIMES NEW EXPERIENCES CAN BE VERY SCARY, BUT WITH THE RIGHT MINDSET, YOU
CAN GO IN AND YOU CAN CONQUER, AND MAKE THIS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING STORYLINE ONLINE.
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