It’s All Sticky And Eu

(I’m a special education teacher. I am reviewing letter sounds with a second grader. I am showing letters, and he is giving me words that start with that sound. I pull out a V.)

Boy: “Um… Oh, a vampire!”

Me: “That’s right.”

Boy: “Did you know that, um… they come from, um… that country that’s really far away? Across the ocean. It’s called, um… um… Oh, yeah! Syrup!”

(Normally, I can stifle my laughter when he says things like that. Thankfully, he likes making people laugh. I’m pretty sure he meant that they come from Europe.)