Wednesday's Smile Lines

Would you trust this face?

Rosie: 'I was voted onto the school council.'

Me: 'What does a school councillor do?'

Rosie: 'Councillors look after the school and talk to the teachers about what the students want.  We put up the Christmas tree and we get to do the toast trolley and have free toast!  We do the gardening and we are Eco-warriors too.'

Me: 'What are Eco-warriors?'

Rosie: 'Eco-warriors keep the school green by recycling, re-using and growing things.'

Ethan: 'It's so unfair, I wanted to be a councillor too.'

Me: 'How do you get voted to be a councillor?'

Ethan: 'You put your name forward and the class votes.'

Me: 'Do you do any campaigning?'

Ethan: 'No, you just put your name forward.'

Ben: 'I wanted to be one too, but no-one ever voted for me either when I was at that school.'

Me: 'So basically it's a popularity contest.'

Ben: 'Yeah.'

Me: 'So what you're saying is that your little sister is popular and you two aren't?'

Ben: 'No.... (sigh) yeah!'