Things Kids Say
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."
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, Johnny's, at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher . . . she's dead."
My wife is a teacher and one day a 2nd grader said he wished he was God. She asked him why. He said, "If I was God, I would be able to go into the girl's bathroom!"
The Pastor was finishing his children's story this morning on the topic, "On your mark, Get ready, GO!" relating it to life as a race and pointing out that they, the children, were in the preparation stage. At the conclusion he asked, "When is our race over?"
One young child replied, "When the fat lady sings!"
Originally published November 14, 2002.
