First Grade Desk Nostalgia

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Having a grandchild has fanned the flames of my already-blazing nostalgia.  As I was reading to her last week – “Dear Zoo,” a wonderful book as long as you don’t focus on the fact that a zoo is willy-nilly sending elephants and lions to children upon request – it occurred to me that her elementary school experience will be vastly different from mine.  And thinking about mine triggered a wave of visceral recollections about the look and feel of the contents of my desk. Hence this puzzle.

One more note:  my 1^st and 4^th grade teacher, Mrs. Bonder, who is well into her 90s, is friends with me on Facebook and is as smart and admirable as ever.  Mrs. Bonder, you’ve been a lifelong inspiration!

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