{"id":3229,"date":"2012-01-24T19:56:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T19:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=3229"},"modified":"2012-01-24T19:57:28","modified_gmt":"2012-01-24T19:57:28","slug":"proverbs-by-first-graders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/proverbs-by-first-graders.html","title":{"rendered":"Proverbs by First Graders"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Daily Joke<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-60\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2011\/10\/dailychuckle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a>A 1st grade school teacher had 24 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&#8217;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!<\/p>\n<p>1. Don&#8217;t change horses&#8230;until they stop running.<\/p>\n<p>2. Strike while the&#8230;bug is close.<\/p>\n<p>3. It&#8217;s always darkest before&#8230;Daylight Saving Time.<\/p>\n<p>4. Never underestimate the power of&#8230;termites.<\/p>\n<p>5. You can lead a horse to water but&#8230;how?<\/p>\n<p>6. Don&#8217;t bite the hand that&#8230;looks dirty.<\/p>\n<p>7. No news is&#8230;impossible.<\/p>\n<p>8. A miss is as good as a&#8230;Mr.<\/p>\n<p>9. You can&#8217;t teach an old dog new&#8230;math.<\/p>\n<p>10. If you lie down with dogs, you&#8217;ll&#8230;stink in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>11. Love all, trust&#8230;me.<\/p>\n<p>12. The pen is mightier than the&#8230;pigs.<\/p>\n<p>13. An idle mind is&#8230;the best way to relax.<\/p>\n<p>14. Where there&#8217;s smoke there&#8217;s&#8230;pollution.<\/p>\n<p>15. Happy the bride who&#8230;gets all the presents.<\/p>\n<p>16. A penny saved is&#8230;not much.<\/p>\n<p>17. Two&#8217;s company, three&#8217;s&#8230;the Musketeers.<\/p>\n<p>18. Don&#8217;t put off till tomorrow what&#8230;you put on to go to bed.<\/p>\n<p>19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and&#8230;you have to blow your nose.<\/p>\n<p>20. There are none so blind as&#8230;Stevie Wonder.<\/p>\n<p>21. Children should be seen and not&#8230;spanked or grounded.<\/p>\n<p>22. If at first you don&#8217;t succeed&#8230;get new batteries.<\/p>\n<p>23. You get out of something only what you&#8230;see in the picture on the box.<\/p>\n<p>24. When the blind lead the blind&#8230;get out of the way.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>READ MORE and enjoy these features from the Daily Prayable! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Story\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/short-prayer-for-healing.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Scripture\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/numbers-1213.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Scripture<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Prayer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/caregiver-prayer.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Prayer<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Music\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/hold-me-jamie-grace-featuring-tobymac.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Music<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Joke\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/proverbs-by-first-graders.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Joke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Quote\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/improving-your-own-self.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Quote<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily Joke A 1st grade school teacher had 24 students in her class. 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