Quote from Forum Archives on August 12, 1999, 1:50 pm

Posted by: tz8cy5 <tz8cy5@...>

The kindergarten teacher was showing her class an encyclopedia page
picturing several national flags. She pointed to the American flag
and asked, "What flag is this?" A little girl called out, "That's the
flag of our country." "Very good," the teacher said. "And what is
the name of our country?" 'Tis of thee," the girl said confidently.

After putting her children to bed, a mother changed into old slacks
and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the
children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin.
At last she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their
room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the
room, she heard her three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who
was that?"

Two little boys were visiting their grandfather, and he took them to
a restaurant for lunch. They couldn't make up their minds about what
they wanted to eat. Finally the grandfather grinned at the server and
said, "Just bring them bread and water." One of the little boys
looked up and quavered, "Can I have ketchup on it?"

A new neighbor asked the little girl next door if she had any
brothers and sisters. She replied, "No, I'm the lonely child."

A mother was telling her little girl what her own childhood was like:
"We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire;
it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked
wild raspberries in the woods." The little girl was wide-eyed,
taking this in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know
you sooner!"

My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know
how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo while I
asked, "No, how are we alike?" "You're both old," he replied.

A little girl was diligently pounding away on her father's word
processor. She told him she was writing a story. "What's it about?"
he asked. "I don't know," she replied. "I can't read."

I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I
decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color
it was. She would tell me, and always she was correct. But it was fun
for me, so I continued. At last she headed for the door, saying
sagely, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these
yourself!"

A ten-year-old, under the tutelage of her grandmother, was becoming
quite knowledgeable about the Bible. Then one day she floored her
grandmother by asking, "Which Virgin was the mother of Jesus: the
Virgin Mary or the King James Virgin?"