Mr. Bob was exhausted. Last night’s hockey game on tv went into double overtime, so he didn’t get to sleep until 1:30 am. Luckily, as teachers know, in this situation it’s time to kill time by showing the class a video!
Month: June 2025
(8) Story: The Secular Web Kids and Magic Class
Billy had been thinking that maybe Mr. Bob couldn’t do magic at all. Looking down at a fuzzy caterpillar munching on a leaf, Billy had an idea.
Later in front of the class, Billy challenged: “If you can really do magic, Mr. Bob, change this caterpillar into a butterfly.”
“Sure,” replied Mr. Bob, not fazed by the challenge, and proclaimed “ALAKAZOO, caterpillar to butterfly!” There was a puff of smoke and a flash of lightning, and when the smoke cleared the caterpillar remained as it was before.
“I knew it,” Billy exclaimed, “You didn’t cast a spell at all!”
“Sure, I did,” replied Mr. Bob. “Take the caterpillar home and wait for 2 weeks. This spell takes a little longer, but you’ll have your butterfly.”
(7) Story: The Secular Web Kids and Magic Class
After a long day of teaching the kids how magic tricks work, Mr. Bob picked up his rabbit Fred and began to think out loud.
“You know,” Bob said, “It’s amazing to think how much thinking we do in a day talking to ourselves, and yet not out loud!”
Fred nodded.
“Imagine a world where everyone thought out loud and people thought whatever they wanted and never worried about what others thought!” Mr. Bob exclaimed.
Fred pooped.
“Anyway,” Bob remarked, “it was a good day of explaining fake magic so let’s cast a real magic spell and call it a day. ALAKAZOO! FRED OLDER!”
All of the sudden, there was a flash of lightning and a cloud of smoke, and Fred was slightly older when the smoke cleared than he was before the flash of lightning.