A kindergarten class had a homework assignment to find
out something exciting and relate it to the class the next day. When the time came to present what they'd found, the first little boy called on walked up to the front of the class, and with a piece of chalk, made a small white dot on the blackboard and sat back down. Puzzled, the teacher asked him what it was. It's a period, he replied. I can see that, said the teacher, but what is so exciting about a period?
'Darned if I know,' he said, 'but this morning my sister
was missing one, my mom fainted, my dad had a heart attack,
and the boy next door joined the Coast Guard!'

that is cute