Sent by Kathy Weart, April 11, 2000
A small boy is sent to bed by his father. Five minutes
later:
“Da-ad…”
“What?”
“I’m thirsty. Can you bring me a drink of
water?”
“No. You had your chance. Lights out.”
Five minutes later: “Da-aaaad…”
“WHAT?”
“I’m THIRSTY…Can I have a drink of water??”
“I told you NO! If you ask again I’ll have to
spank you!!”
Five minutes later…“Daaaa-aaaad…”
“WHAT??!!”
“When you come in to spank me, can you bring me a
drink of water?”
An exasperated mother, whose son was always getting
into mischief, finally asked him,
“How do you expect to get into Heaven?”
The boy thought it over and said, “Well, I’ll
just run in and out and in and out and keep slamming the
door until St. Peter says, ‘For Heaven’s sake,
Jimmy, come in or stay out!’ ”
One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a
mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about
to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his
voice, “Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?”
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. “I
can’t, dear,” she said. “I have to sleep in Daddy’s room.”
A long silence was broken at last by his shaky little
voice: “The big sissy.”
A mother took her three-year-old daughter to church for the first time. The church lights were lowered, and then the choir came down the aisle, carrying lighted candles. All was quiet until the little one started to sing in a loud voice, “Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you…”
Finding one of her students making faces at others on
the playground, Mrs. Smith stopped to gently reprove the
child. Smiling sweetly, the Sunday School teacher said,
“Bobby, when I was a child I was told that if I made
ugly faces, it would freeze and I would stay like that.”
Bobby looked up and replied, “Well, Mrs. Smith, you
can’t say you weren’t warned.”