It was love at first sight when the letters Q and U were introduced to one another in the English dictionary. They’ve been practically inseparable ever since. Try as they might, R,S and T couldn’t keep them apart.
So the wedding Wednesday at Hubbell Elementary School, though exciting, came as no surprise. Everyone who knows the two love letters agrees they make a perfect couple.
Oh, there’s been occasional gossip about Q & A, but U knew those sessions would never last and Q knew that without U, Q would be at a loss for words.
Wedding guests were Hubbell Kindergartners and 1st graders. There were amply more than the quorum required to make the proceedings official, and everyone dressed for the occasion in one way or another. Some wore formal attire and others draped letters around their necks to make sure that Q’s and U’s 24 friends from the alphabet were all represented.
The ceremony was quite quick and quaint. A wizard presided (“That’s Mr. Johnson,” one guest whispered, quietly, recognizing ELL teacher Dan underneath his disguise – not to suggest that he’s a quack).
“Dearly beloved,” he began, traditionally. “We are gathered here in the south hallway of Hubbell Elementary School to join Q and U together in alphabet matrimony.”
From that point on, the quips just kept coming. Instead of sticking with each other through better or worse; sickness and health, etc., Wizard Johnson reminded Q and U that they are permanently linked, “in curly cursive and in manuscript.”
Marriage is the quintessential quid pro quo arrangement, as any bride or groom who’s still married can attest. You hope there’s no more than a minimal quota of quarrels or, in the case of this couple, misspellings.
The honeymoon lasted no longer than the reception afterwards in the school cafeteria where everyone queued up for some cookies and punch. Then it was back to class and making beautiful word music together.
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