Object: an attendance book

Good morning, boys and girls. Is everyone here? I hope everyone is here this morning who is supposed to be here, because I have a very special message to share with you today. Do you think that everyone is here? (Wait for reply.) I think that there is someone missing. Can you think of someone who was here last Sunday who is not with us today? Wasn't there a boy with a red sweater and blonde hair who isn't here today? I can't remember. Let's see if I know everyone here! (Look at all the children as if you are trying to remember their names.) Your name is, uh ... Mike? No, that isn't it. Is it Fred or Henry? No, that isn't it. You are Sarah and you are Jane or is it Sue and Jean? I wish I could remember names and faces so that I would never forget who was here and…