"I don't want to be a goat"

In our play we have a group of goats.  They are group of 5 year old boys and girls who sing "The Lonely Goatherd".  They had been doing a wonderful job at rehearsals until one particular rehearsal when one of the the little goats asked permission to sit in the front row with the "students".  Thinking nothing of it I allowed him to sit in the front row.  That was my mistake - the next day he came to rehearsal and refused to sit in the "goat" row, because he was a "student".  For the next three rehearsals he stated that he "did not want to be a goat".  He came in his goat costume, went on stage with the goats, and stood completely still during their song because he was not a goat and was not going to sing with the goats.  Finally on opening night something kicked in and he decided that it was ok to be a goat, but still told me that he looked funny.

Out of the mouth of babes

Tonight we had a performance of "It's A Small World".  We have a large group of little 4 year olds, who are getting tired.  As we were getting their little group into a semi straight line so they could make their way to the back of the stage one little girl was in tears.  We tried to get her calmed down and ready to perform, but she would not have it.  Her reaction was "My mom says, when little girls get tired they get moody and crusty".