Object lesson

While teaching a room full of 4 year old boys a lesson on obedience, I dropped and broke the glass on the family picture I brought as a visual.  Of course, all the boys wanted to crowd around and see.  I told them to sit in their chairs while I cleaned it up.  Then I told them that it's like their parents.  Their parents tell them to do things so that they don't get hurt.  When they obey, they are safe.  Whoops.  At least it worked into the lesson.