is that a penguin in your backpack or are you just happy to see me.....

This story comes to you courtesy of the bride.

My lovely bride works as a teacher's assistant in a special education class. One of the other teachers in special ed told her a story about a friend who is a special ed teacher at another school.

It seems that the teacher, along with another special ed class, had gone on a field trip to the zoo. About 30 minutes into the outing, the teacher realized that she couldn't find one of her students, a 9-year-old little boy with autism. She frantically looked all around the zoo, asking other students and teachers if they had seen the little boy. Panic set in. She finally decided to go back to the bus and call the school, the police, the little boy's parents.

When she arrived at the bus, she saw the lost boy. He was soaking wet, standing beside the bus, wearing his backpack. The teacher was relieved to see him, but was puzzled by his dampened attire. She then realized that the little boy's backpack was moving. The teacher unzipped the backpack to find a penguin. Turns out the little boy was so taken with the bird that he jumped into the man-made pool and captured one for himself.

Determination won't ever be a problem for that kid.....