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FAIRY UMBRELLAS? Teacher: Yes, children, mushrooms alw*j^ grow in damp places. Bobby: Please, teacher, is that why thej always look like umbrellas? .' Teacher: Now, Willie,- if James Bare you »' dog, and David gave you a dog, how man;; dogs would you have? ' Willie: Four. Teacher: Now, dear, UUnk hard. YTouW you hare four if James and Darid each gaT« you one? Willie: Yes. You see, I got two dogs at home now. .' ' "Which is farther away," asked a teacher* England or the moon?" . ' "England," the children answered quickly. "England?" she «uestloned. "What makes you think that?" * "'Cause we can see the moon and we can't sec England," answered one of the brightest of the class. . , The Kind old gentleman was passing tha gates of a big prison, when a party of men, who had obviously just been released, appeared through a small door. Approaching one of the men, the old gentleman said kindly: "And why were you in nrfson, my man?" 'Well, sir," replied the other, "I was put in for driving a car too slowly." "Too slowly?" echoed Ihe old man ia amaze* ment. "Surely you- mean too fast?" "2>"o, too slowly," persisted the othen. f*guk ►owner caught up to me."
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1934, Page 10
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204SMILE AWHILE Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1934, Page 10
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