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Monday Motivating Moment

November 26, 2007

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"Wisdom From Our Children"

On occasion the Monday Motivating Moment content is a celebration of humor. This week we celebrate the humorous wisdom of children. The stories below were obtained long ago and the authors are unknown, but greatly appreciated.

Realizing that their home just wasn't big enough with the new baby in the house, Little Johnny's parents discussed moving to a bigger one. Little Johnny sat patiently listening to his parents, and then said, "It's no use. He'll just follow us anyway."
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!"
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."
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, his father interrupted Mark, "What caused the submarine to sink?" With a look of incredulity Mark replied, "Dad, it was the 20,000 leaks!"
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."
The Preacher was wired for sound with a lapel microphone, and as he was giving his sermon, he moved briskly about the platform, jerking the mike cord as he went. Then he moved to one side, getting wound up in the cord and nearly tripping before jerking it again. After the Preacher made several circles while pulling on the cord, a little girl in the third row leaned toward her mother and whispered, "If he gets loose, will he hurt us?"
On the first day of school, the Kindergarten teacher said, "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?"

Affirmation for the Week:

“A day without laughter is like a day without sunshine. I welcome all of the sunlight that I can get and all the laughs that I can enjoy.”

Have a funny week!

Mary Rau-Foster,

Copyright 2007 by Mary Rau-Foster. All rights reserved.
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