Cheryl J. who owns the Fig Tree Restaurant holds a reading club for local kids every other Saturday. She breaks the tables down into age groups, assigns volunteers and passes out age-appropriate books for reading. After the reading hour (or two), each group stands up and presents what the book was about. Cheryl helps them get the message out to the group with her animated story-telling talents, emphasizing each and every little twist and turn of the stories. "And the turtle lay eggs on the ground????" she exclaims, racing up and down the aisles with her eyes popping open with excitement. Then, running back up to the front, she asks, And what happened next?" "The turtle ate what?" "Remember, never put anything in the water that will be dangerous for a turtle to eat!" I counted 42 children ranging in ages from 3 to 14 or so. Ed and I hung out at both the 3-5 and 4-6 tables. It gave us such an appreciation for all the teachers of the world (Anne, I thought of you especially) and the patience it takes to teach our little ones in positive, affirming ways. You know, something other than "Sit down, now! If you do that once more, you're outta here!". An English woman at the 3-5 table kept saying, "Bottoms in the seat, bottoms in the seat" in her wonderfully pleasant accent.