kouki's confession

on friday afternoon, there were a bunch of afterschool daycare kids in my classroom. the older kids are in my classroom. on my wall i have a cute pig made out of construction paper. it's been there since september which actually surprises me because it's within reach of the kids. somehow, they've yet to destroy it.
well, i saw kouki touching the pig, around the eye area. and then later i noticed that the pigs eyes were taken off and lying on the floor.
i asked kouki if he had done it, but he kept claiming that he didn't. i was sure that he had, so in front of him i started asking all of the other kids if they had taken the eyes off of my pig.
finally i said to kouki, "look, i'm not upset that you took the eyes off of the pig, i'm upset because i think that you're lying about it."
and i went and glued the eyes back on the pig.when i finished, i saw that kouki was kind of hiding in the corner by the garbage can. kouki has a history of getting really upset after being scolded, so i wanted to make sure that he was ok.
i didn't mention the pig anymore, but we tried to talk about his feelings and i told him that i still liked him and stuff like that. after i was pretty much finished talking to him, i asked "are you feeling ok now?"
he shook his head no and said something that i couldn't understand. i asked him to repeat it.
"i did the eyes" he said.
i was so proud of him for telling the truth and i gave him a big hug.
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