The Pledge of Allegiance - Only Better

While volunteering in a grandchild's kindergarten class recently, I enjoyed a new version of the Pledge of Allegiance as recited by the darling five-year-old standing next to me:

"I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. You may be seated."

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