Mom, Can I Have A Can Of Beer To Bring To School?

"Mom, can I have a can of beer to bring to school?" Princess asked nonchalantly last Friday evening at the supper table.

Deep breath.  Focus.

"Why?" I asked in an attempt at sounding casual.

"Ms.C. said to" Princess answered with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Can you tell me more about this?" I asked, forcing a smile.  Her third grade teacher, Ms. C., has had a rough year with lots (and I mean LOTS) of troublesome kids in her class. However, the last time I saw her, she didn't appear to have cracked enough to ask her 8 and 9 year old students to supply her with alcohol!

Princess proceded to tell me that their newest creative writing project for third grade is all about Leprechauns.  Their goal?  To make a trap to catch Leprechauns and write all about it.

Apparently Leprechauns like beer.  Who knew? 

I have heard of green beer being served on St. Patrick's Day but I have never, ever heard that it was done for the benefit of the Leprechauns!

So, no Princess, you cannot bring a can of beer to school.  We are going to have to dig deeper into our creativity cavern and find some other Leprechaun lure - something more befitting of a third grader.

Like a nice rainbow. 

Or maybe some gold coins.

Let's put the beer thing off for a while, OK? 

Like until you are 30. You know - around the time I let you start dating!