Object: A magazine.

Good morning, boys and girls. How many of you have been to the doctor’s or dentist’s office lately? I am very sorry if you were sick or you had a toothache, but maybe you learned something from the visit that you did not know you had learned. Can you think of anything you learned while you were there the last time? [Let them answer.] Did you have to wait very long before the doctor or the dentist saw you? Maybe it doesn’t happen to you, but it seems like every time I go, I learn one very important lesson. Do you know what it is? [Let them answer. Hold up the magazine and pretend to relax and read.] Now do you know what I learn? I learn patience. Do you know what patience means? It means waiting without complaining. Everything we do, we seem to do in a …