He painstakenly colored both sides of a piece of paper with a yellow marker.  The children cut it into little teeny pieces and laid them upon a green tissue, as a gift for the little trickster.  They hoped to appease the Leprechaun…they didn’t want their milk to turn green. 

Luckily the Leprechaun’s heart was gladdened by their gift, and he gave to them a few pieces of gold from his pot.  Gold *chocolate* coins that is…a kingly gift for the little Irish children.