17 November 2004, 09:53
R-WESTKids' Proverbs
A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She had twenty-five students in her class and she presented each child in her class the first half of a 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. The insight of these 6-year-olds may surprise
you!
1. Better to be safe than . . punch a 5th grader.
2. Strike while the . . . bug is close.
3. It's always darkest before . . .Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never under estimate the power of . . . termites.
5. You can lead a horse to water but . . . how?
6. Don't bite the hand that . . . looks dirty.
7. No news is . . . impossible.
8. A miss is as good as a . . . Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new . . . math.
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll . . . stink in the morning.
11. Love all, trust . . . me.
12. The pen is mightier than the . . . pigs.
13. An idle mind is . . . the best way to relax.
14. Where there's smoke there's . . . pollution.
15. Happy the bride who . . . gets all the presents.
16. A penny saved is . . . not much.
17.Two's company, three's . . . the Musketeers.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what . . . you put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and you . . . have to blow your nose!
20. There are none so blind as . . . Stevie Wonder.
21. Children should be seen and not . . . spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don't succeed . . . get new batteries.
23. You get out of something only what you . . see in the picture on the box.
24. When the blind leadeth the blind . . . get out of the way.