Wednesday, January 20, 2010

FIVE REASONS NOT TO MESS WITH CHILDREN

David@Montreal thought I needed a laugh. I can't think why.


A kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom of children while they were drawing. She would occasionally walk around to see each child's work.

As she got to one little girl who was working diligently, she asked what the drawing was.

The girl replied, 'I'm drawing God.'

The teacher paused and said, 'But no one knows what God looks like.'

Without missing a beat, or looking up from her drawing, the girl replied, 'They will in a minute.'
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A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds.

After explaining the commandment to 'honour' 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.'
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One day a little girl was sitting and watching her mother do the dishes at the kitchen sink. She suddenly noticed that her mother had several strands of white hair sticking out in contrast on her brunette head.

She looked at her mother and inquisitively asked, 'Why are some of your hairs white, Mum?'

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, 'Mummy, how come ALL of grandma's hairs are white?'
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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.'
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The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray:

'Take only ONE . God is watching.'

Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip cookies.

A child had written a note, 'Take all you want. God is watching the apples.'


Thanks David, I needed a laugh. Actually the original email contained seven stories, but I reduced the number to five for the benefit of my readers with short attention spans. ;-)

5 comments:

  1. "Thou shalt not kill" reminds me of the mistress of the duke in the novel "Jew Suss" (a true story, perhaps, in spite of its being in a novel) who demanded that the clergy of the state that they include her name in the liturgy and received the response that she was already there - "deliver us from evil".

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  2. Short attention spans? You know those of us with short attention spans...know I mean those of us who are ADD appreciate your concern!

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  3. Lapin, the mistress wanted her name in the liturgy? That's chutzpah.

    Ciss, you'd be surprised at what I know. ;-)

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  4. AS I kindergsrten teacher, I thought they were great!

    Marilyn

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