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Innocence of chrildren
A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson.If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, "Let my brother have the first pancake. I can wait." Kevin turned to his younger brother and said, "Ryan, you be Jesus.

A father was at the beach with his children when his four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore,where a seagull lay dead in the sand. "Daddy, what happened to him?" the son asked."He died and went to Heaven," the dad replied.The boy thought a moment and then said,"Did God throw him back down?"

A wife invited some people to dinner.At the table, she turned to their six-year-olddaughter and said, Would you like to say the blessing?""I wouldn't know what to say," the girl replied."Just say what you hear Mommy say," the wife answered.The daughter bowed her head and said,"Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?"

A mother was teaching her three-year-old TheLord's Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime, the child repeated it after the mother. Then one night the child was ready to solo.The mother listened with pride to the carefully renunciatedwords, right up to the end. "And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us some e-mail"...

Six-year-old Angie and her four-year-old brotherJoel were sitting together in church.Joel giggled, sang, and talked out loud.Finally, his big sister had enough."You're not supposed to talk out loud in church.""Why? Who's going to stop me?" Joel asked. Angie pointed to the back of the church and said,"See those two men standing by the door? They're hushers."

A father was reading Bible stories to his youngson. He read, "The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city,but his wife looked back and was turned to salt."His son asked, "What happened to the flea?"

A three-year-old boy went with his dad to see a litter of kittens. On returning home, he breathlessly informed his mother, "there were 2 boy kittens and 2 girl kittens."'How did you know?" his mother asked. "Daddy picked them up and looked underneath," he replied."I think it's printed on the bottom."

On the first day of school, about midmorning,the kindergarten teacher asked,"If anyone has to go to the bathroom, hold up two fingers." A little voice from the back of the room asked, "How will that help?"

A mother and her young son returned from the grocery store and began putting away the groceries.The boy opened the box of animal crackersand spread them all over the table."What are you doing?" his mother asked."The box says not to eat them if the seal is broken" the boy explained. "I'm looking for the seal.


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