CHILDREN'S SAYINGS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume IX, Issue 17, 23 April 1892, Page 437

CHILDREN'S SAYINGS.

A TEACHER was giving a lesson on the human body to a bright class of six year-olds. She began by asking about the school house, then let them tell something about the houses they lived in. Then she told their that God had made a little house for each of us alone. They quickly understood, and eyes were shining ami hands raised. ‘ Oh, Miss M , that house wears clothes,' cried one. • And it’s shingled with hair,’ said another. • The windows are the eyes,’ said dear little Lenore. * Mamma says she can look right into my heart through my eyes.’ ‘ The door is the mouth,’ cried a round little fellow, putting his fingers between his rosy lips. Little Willie jumped quite out of the seat with the suddenness of his idea : ‘ And the nose is the porch over the door, and the buttons on my coat are the steps up to my front door !’ ‘ I know,’ said a tiny maiden, ‘ I know how to be polite. You must say “yes, ma’am " to a lady, and “ no, ma’am ” to a gentleman.' On hearing the humiiung of a bee, Florence asked, * Minima, is it grinding its honey!’