SHARPEN UP

It is break-time

I’m on playground duty

A couple of my Year 3s scamper over.

One of them is triumphantly waving a small object.

‘Look Miss! We found it in the bushes!’

They point to the scrub by the chain fence

And hold out their treasure.

I give it a quick glance – a lucky find indeed.

‘That is a smart pencil-sharpe—’

They interrupt, impatient with my misunderstanding.

‘It’s a grinder!’

Year 3. Blimey.