Children's Attempts at Proverbs
Another goodie from my mother. She says these are purported to be first-graders' attempts at finishing classic proverbs, but she finds that hard to believe in light of the answer to #22....
6. You can't teach an old dog new ___
...math.
7. If you lie down with dogs, you'll ___
...stink in the morning.
8. Love all, trust ___
...me.
9. The pen is mightier than the ___
...pigs.
10. An idle mind is ___
...the best way to relax.
11. Where there's smoke there's ___
...pollution.
12. Happy the bride who ___
...gets all the presents.
13. A penny saved is ___
...not much.
14. Two's company, three's ___
...the Musketeers.
15. Don't put off till tomorrow what ___
...you put on to go to bed.
16. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and ___
...you have to blow your nose.
17. There are none so blind as ___
...Stevie Wonder.
18. Children should be seen and not ___
...spanked or grounded.
19. If at first you don't succeed ___
...get new batteries.
20. You get out of something only what you ___
...see in the picture on the box.
21. When the blind leadeth the blind ___
...get out of the way.
22. Better late than ___
...pregnant.
Posted May 6, 2004 9:24 AM
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