1stgrade school teacher had
twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child in her
classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up
with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were
actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you.
While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders,
6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic!
1.
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Don't change horses
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until they stop running.
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2.
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Strike while the
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bug is close.
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3.
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It's always darkest before
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Daylight Saving Time.
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4.
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Never underestimate the power of
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termites.
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5.
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You can lead a horse to water but
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How?
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6.
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Don't bite the hand that
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looks dirty.
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7.
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No news is
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impossible
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8.
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A miss is as good as a
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Mr.
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9.
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You can't teach an old dog new
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Math
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10.
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If you lie down with dogs, you'll
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stink in the morning.
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11.
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Love all, trust
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Me.
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12.
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The pen is mightier than the
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pigs.
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13.
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An idle mind is
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the best way to relax.
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14.
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Where there's smoke there's
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pollution.
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15.
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Happy the bride who
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gets all the presents.
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16.
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A penny saved is
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not much.
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17.
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Two's company, three's
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the Musketeers.
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18.
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Don't put off till tomorrow what
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you put on to go to bed.
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19.
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Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry
and
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You have to blow your nose.
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20.
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There are none so blind as
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Stevie Wonder.
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21.
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Children should be seen and not
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spanked or grounded.
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22.
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If at first you don't succeed
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get new batteries.
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23.
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You get out of something only what you
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See in the picture on the box
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24.
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When the blind lead the blind
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get out of the way.
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25.
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A bird in the hand
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is going to poop on you.
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And the WINNER and last one!
26.
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Better late than
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Pregnant
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If
people from Poland are called Poles, then why aren't people from Holland called
Holes?
If
it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others
here for?
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
If
Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP? ?
I thought about
how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered
what Chinese mothers use. Toothpicks?
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In an exchange between Winston Churchill and Lady
Astor, she said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison." In
response, Churchill said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
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The next time you feel like GOD
can't use you, remember...
- Noah was a drunk
- Abraham was too old
- Isaac was a daydreamer
- Jacob was a liar
- Leah was ugly
- Joseph was abused
- Moses had a stuttering problem
- Gideon was afraid
- Samson was a womanizer
- Rahab was a prostitute
- Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
- David had an affair and was a murderer
- Elijah was suicidal
- Isaiah preached naked
- Jonah ran from God
- Naomi was a widow
- Job went bankrupt
- Peter denied Christ
- The Disciples fell asleep while praying
- Martha worried about everything
- The Samaritan woman was divorced, more
than once
- Zaccheus was too small
- Paul was too religious
- Timothy had an ulcer...
AND