Sins as Scarlet

Why do children never have a pencil when they need one? Every week at brass learners, I seem tospend my time supplying the children, and sometimes the adults, with tissues and pencils. I usuallybuy the pencils in bulk, the yellow ones in packets at the local supermarket. I was surprised tolearn that pencils used to be made in China, because the best graphite came from there. Pencilmanufacturers…