The Get Set Inc Web site presents this wordbyword explanation of the Pledge by the late Red Skelton on his television program as he related the story of his teacher who felt his students had come to think of the Pledge of Allegiance as merely something to recite in class each day The page includes an audio file of Skelton telling the story This resource is referenced in the ReadWriteThink lesson titled "Freedom of Speech and Automatic Language Examining the Pledge of Allegiance"