Object: Some cough syrup.

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have ever had a bad cough? (Let them answer.) Is there anything worse than a bad cough? It makes you hurt everywhere, from the top of your head to the bottom of your feet. Coughs are awful. I remember one night when I coughed and coughed so badly that I could not sleep. I had to sit up all night in a chair. I not only felt bad that night, but the next day I was so tired that I could not keep my eyes open. My chest hurt so badly that it felt like it was broken. That kind of cough is the kind that you never forget.

Now of course I didn't keep that cough. I got rid of it, and do you know how I got rid of it? (Let them answer.) That's right, I took some cough syrup. The old cough gave up when I took this good medicine th…