First Grade Proverbs.

A first grade teacher collected well-known proverbs. She gave each kid in the class the first half of the proverb, and asked them to fill in the rest. Here's what the kids came up with:

1/ Better to be safe than... punch a 5th grader.
2/ Strike while the... bug is close.
3/ It's always darkest before... daylight savings time.
4/ Never underestimate the power of... termites.
5/ You can lead a horse to water but... how?
6/ Don't bite the hand that... looks dirty.
7/ No news is... impossible.
8/ A miss is as good as a... Mr.
9/ You can't teach an old dog... math.
10/ If you lie down with dogs, you... will stink in the morning.
11/ Love all, trust... me.
12/ The pen is mightier than... the pigs.
13/ An idle mind is... the best way to relax.
14/ Where there is smoke, there's... pollution.
15/ Happy is the bride who... gets all the presents.
16/ A penny saved is... not much.
17/ Two is company, three's... The Musketeers.
18/ None are so blind as... Helen Keller.
19/ Children should be seen and not... spanked or grounded.
20/ If at first you don't succeed... get new batteries.
21/ You get out of something what you... see pictured on the box.
22/ When the blind lead the blind... get out of the way.
23/ There is no fool like... Aunt Edie.
24/ Laugh and the whole world laughs with you. Cry and... you have to blow your nose.

...kids say the darnest things. =)