Tickling Gone Bad

It's a site to see really. Every time the kids go down to their praying recess, and just as soon as they take off their shoes, hell breaks loose! With only socks on and a slippery floor underneath their little feet, there's only one possible outcome: a major sliding fiasco!

In each and every direction kids are sliding and bumping into each other, the teachers, AND walls. Oh and the laughing- I truly believe it's their favorite time of day!
While every day, at this same time, 10 desperate teachers are running after the kids trying to shoo them off the floor and onto the praying mats for the prayer to start, using a combination of yells, frowns and empty threats, which I am a pro at (e.g. "You over there, quickly join the prayer or YOU WON'T BE HAPPY I'm telling you"). I mean, as it is, kids weasel out of your hands masterfully- try SLIDING KIDS, and you don't stand a chance.

I was in a bubbly mood today and thought I'd try something different with my kids. I told them I'd tickle the boy who's off the mats and started with the tickling! The boys had such a laugh and so did I, as they ran away from me towards the mats, stood in a perfect row, and proceeded with the praying like the little angels they are.

The End.

Such a beautiful story, right? Well, regretfully it doesn't end this way. Apparently, the rest of the kids found the idea very appealing and all of a sudden kids who were on the mat left the mat and started running in the direction of none other than, yep you guessed it, yours truly!!
I was now facing more than a dozen kids jumping around and yelling "tickle me teacher! tickle me teacher!"- heck some of those kids I didn't even recognise (must be third graders).

I thought it was hilarious and cracked up- until I looked around and found nine not-so-happy teachers frowning at me. Yikes.

I couldn't think of anything to do, so I just grinned at them and well... ran for it!

Sheeeesh. Sure did not think that one through!!