Just like first day of school, Part I

Waking up before the alarm went off, rousing the sleepyheads, feeding the little boy his breakfast, telling him to be good there, packing him up and sending him off at the gate, to the bright yellow school van that had come to fetch him.

It was his first time, and our first time here. We had to tell the driver that the boy would be feisty and to keep an extra eye on him. He assured us that he would.