Where Is Our Real Teacher

Where is our real teacher? Yes. Substitute teachers get asked this hourly. Maybe even every eight minutes. Sometimes I give a teacher a bathroom break. Especially a pregnant teacher. They need it more often. And are so grateful! A spaceship got her, I tell them. Smiling smugly. Watching their faces. Either change to laughter or tears. I have learned the hard way Kindergarten students have the most severe reaction. Depending upon how well I like their teacher I either Say it or not say it. Knowing that half of them will be sobbing when she returns.