From
The Mouths of Children
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?"
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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!"
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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.
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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."
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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!"
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A Sunday school class
was studying the Ten Commandments. They were ready to discuss the last one.
The teacher asked if anyone could tell her what it was. Susie raised her
hand, stood tall, and quoted, "Thou shall not take the covers off thy neighbor's
wife."
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Our five-year-old son
Mark couldn't wait to tell his father about the movie we had watched on television,
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." The scenes with the submarine and the giant
octopus had kept him wide-eyed. In the middle of the telling, my husband interrupted Mark,
"What caused the submarine to sink?" With a look of incredulity Mark replied,
"Dad, it was the 20,000 leaks!"
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When my grandson,
Billy, and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept the lights off until we were inside to
keep from attracting pesky insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing
them before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use, Grandpa. The mosquitoes are
coming after us with flashlights."
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When my grandson
asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, "I'm not sure." "Look in your
underwear, Grandma," he advised. "Mine says I'm four."
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