Li'l Johnny

< A first grade teacher was having trouble with one of her students. The
< teacher asked, "Johnny what is your problem?"
< Johnny answered, "I'm too smart for the first grade. My sister is
< the third grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in
< the
< third grade too!" The teacher had had enough. She took Johnny to the
< principal's
< While Johnny waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the
< principal what the situation was. The principal told the teacher he would
< give the boy a test and if he failed to answer any of his questions he
< was to go back to the first grade and behave. The teacher agreed.
< Johnny was brought in and the conditions are explained to him and He
< agrees to take the test:
< Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
< Johnny: "9"
< Principal: "What is 6 x 6?"
< Johnny. "36"
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< And so it went with every question the principal thought a third grader
< should know. The principal looks at the teacher and tells her, "I
< think Johnny can go to the third grade."
< The teacher says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions?"
< The principal and Johnny both agree.
< The principal's eyes open really wide and before he could stop the
< answer,
< The teacher asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two
< Johnny, after a moment, "Legs.
< Teacher: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
< The principal's eyes open really wide and before he could stop the answer,
< Johnny replied, "Pockets."
< Teacher: "What does a dog do that a man steps into
< Johnny: "Pants"
<
< Teacher: "What starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of
< excitement?"
< Johnny: "Fire truck."
< The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put Johnny
< in the fifth grade, I missed the last four questions myself."
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