The Supply Teacher

Immer wie­der schön, wenn man einem Ver­tre­tungs­leh­rer irgend­wel­che Mär­chen erzäh­len kann:

Here’s the rule for what to do
If ever your tea­cher has the flu
Or for some other reason takes to her bed
And a dif­fe­rent tea­cher comes instead

When the visi­ting tea­cher hangs up her hat
Wri­tes the date on the board, does this or that
Always remem­ber, you have to say this,
OUR tea­cher never does that, Miss!

When you want to chan­ge places or wan­der about
Or feel like get­ting the gui­nea pig out
Never for­get, the mes­sa­ge is this,
OUR tea­cher always lets us, Miss!

Then, when your tea­cher returns next day
And com­plains about the paint or clay
Remem­ber the­se words, you just say this:
That OTHER tea­cher told us to, Miss!

Von Allen Ahlberg