ABC's

Today I was read to and coaxed into reading on accident.
I was at a volunteer event reading to after-schoolers when one of the other volunteers began reading to the table.
One of the children suggested that the table read a person at a time per page.
When it was my turn, I noted the woman's quizzical look in my direction. She was baffled by my precise diction, so I found out a few minutes later.
We both realized her mistake after I let her know I was a volunteer as well and not one of the after school kids. She said, "Oh, I do apologize. At first I thought that, but then you read and I figured you were 17 or something." I guess she thought I was someone's older sister.
Not 5 minutes after this, the leader of the event came over and thinking the other woman at our table of children was the sole volunteer suggested that another volunteer sit down and read to "us". She said this as she pointed to myself and the girl I was reading to. Happy with her new feeling of 'discovery' the other woman perked up and let the leader know the situation.

I get so tired of seeing people's embarrassment too... sigh.