Jolly Solly: Full Stop

T he crossing guard near Moishy Morris’s school was not happy. He even went to speak to the principal about his problem. And when he told the principal why he was unhappy the principal fully agreed with him that something had to be done.

The problem bothering the guard was that although most of the schoolchildren were sensible and crossed with him at the crosswalk some of them just couldn’t be bothered walking the few extra yards. They would cross the busy road wherever they pleased even though it was unsafe. The crossing guard had tried telling them off but it hadn’t made the slightest difference. He was terrified someone would end up getting hurt.

The principal spoke to the boys about the problem at assembly. He warned them about the dangers of crossing unsafely and the situation improved for a week or two. Then unfortunately some of the students went back to their old ways. They just couldn’t be bothered walking the extra distance.

The crossing guard thought about what to do next. He could go back to the principal. But the principal was a busy man and couldn’t be expected to stand outside monitoring the road situation every morning and afternoon which was probably the only thing that would keep everyone in line. Then he had another idea.