Sunday, February 19, 2012

Common Proverbs, according to a Four-year-old


Someone posted on Facebook a list of common proverbs, finished by first-graders as a school assignment. They were funny. I can't find the list any more, or I'd post it. I wondered how Faelan would finish these proverbs, so over a period of a week or two, I asked him to finish all of them, and here they are. (I took the toy monkey off the table after he answered the first two.)

Don't change horses... because a monkey will grab your own horse.
Strike while the... monkey is on the tree.
Never underestimate the power of... a laser.
You can lead a horse to water but... don't lead it to a bear.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice,... shame on you eight times.
Don't bite the hand that... hits you.
No news is... bad.
A miss is as good as a... fissle.
You can't teach an old dog new... tricks.
If you lie down with dogs, you'll... get scratched.
Love all, trust... the good guys. Don't trust bad guys.
The pen is mightier than the... eye.
An idle mind is... a bad thing.
Where there's smoke there's... sickness.
Happy the bride who... marries Shaun the Sheep.
A penny saved is... good news.
Two's company, three's... fighting.
Don't put off until tomorrow what... ever you do.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and... the whole world cries with you.
There are none so blind as... people who are blind.
Children should be seen and not... unseen.
If at first you don't succeed... you will succeed another day. (That's a superhero one.)
You get out of something only what you... deserve.
When the blind lead the blind... they both fall down.
A bird in the hand... will not bite.
Better late than... hurt.

Friday, February 3, 2012