> A first grader was sitting in class as the teacher was reading the story > of the Three Little Pigs. She came to the part of the story where the > first pig was trying to acquire building materials for his home. She > said "...And so the pig went up to the man with a wheelbarrow full of > straw and said 'Pardon me sir, but might I have some of that straw to > build my house with?'" > > Then the teacher asked the class, "And what do you think that man said?" > > My friend's son raised his hand and said "I know! I know!, he > said.....'Holy smokes! A talking pig!' > > The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10 minutes. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her > five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to "honor thy > father and thy mother," she asked "Is there a commandment that teaches > us how to treat our brothers and sisters?" > > Without missing a beat one little boy (the oldest of a family) answered, > "Thou shall not kill." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > An honest seven-year-old admitted calmly to her parents that Billy Brown > had kissed her after class. > > "How did that happen?" gasped her mother. > > "It wasn't easy," admitted the young lady, "but three girls helped me > catch him." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > One day, a little girl is sitting and watching her mother do the dishes > at the kitchen sink. She suddenly notices that her mother has several > strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head. > > She looks at her mother and inquisitively asks, "Why are some of your > hairs white, Mom?" > > Her mother replied, "Well, every time that you do something wrong and > make me cry or unhappy, one of my hairs turns white." > > The little girl thought about this revelation for a while, and then > said,"So, Momma, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to > persuade them each to buy a copy of the group picture. "Just think how > nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and say, > 'There's Jennifer; she's a lawyer,' or 'That's Michael, he's a doctor.'" > > A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the > teacher; she's dead." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to > make the matter clearer, he said, "Now, boys, if I stood on my head the > blood, as you know, would run into it, and I should turn red in the > face." > > "Yes, sir," the boys said. > > "Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary > position the blood doesn't run into my feet?" A little fellow shouted, > "Cause yer feet ain't empty!" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > For weeks, a six-year old lad kept telling his first-grade teacher about > the baby brother or sister that was expected at his house. One day the > mother allowed the boy to feel the movements of the unborn child. The > six-year old was obviously impressed, but made no comment. Furthermore, > he stopped telling his teacher about the impending event. > > The teacher finally sat the boy on her lap and said, "Tommy, whatever > has become of that baby brother or sister you were expecting at home?" > > Tommy burst into tears and confessed, "I think Mommy ate it!" >