The scene: Table covered with bottles of paint, paintbrushes, and paper.
Kid: What are you doing?
Me (clearly stirring paint): Mixing the paint so you can start on your picture of Little Blue and Little Yellow.
Kid: Why is it taking so long?
Me: Well, the paint in your picture is sort of yellowish green, but this green is too blue. I have to make it match.
As I continue to stir a small drop of paint splashes from the container onto my finger.
Kid (highly concerned): There's PAINT on your finger.
Me: I know. It's ok. I'll clean it off when I'm done, but thanks for letting me know.
Kid continues watching my hand very intently as though it might explode.
Kid (after obvious consideration): Well, don't lick it, ok?
I stop stirring and look to see if he's actually serious and determine that he does, in fact, think there is a chance I might lick tempera paint off my finger.
Me (quite seriously): Ok. I definitely won't.
Kid smiles, obviously relieved, and walks away.
Just another day in kindergarten...