Miss Willets, a young teacher of the fourth grade in an Oklahoma school,
was working at her desk one Monday morning, when just before the last
bell rang for the beginning of the morning session, one of her smartest
boys burst into the room, now full of children, and said in a spirit of
jest, “Miss Willets, how many chocolates did you eat last night?” Not a
word came to her aid to carry her over this embarrassing situation; what
was even worse, she could feel her cheeks flush as she recalled the
steady company entertained by her on the previous evening. The children
caught the spirit of the question, and when the bell rang, the room was
in an uproar.