A Smart First Grader 

A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having 
trouble with one of her students. 

The teacher asked, "Harry, what's your problem?" 
Harry answered, "I'm too smart for the
1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter
than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!" 

Ms. Brooks had had enough.. She took Harry to the 
principal's office. 

While Harry waited in the outer office, the
teacher explained to the principal what the situation
was. 

The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give
the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions
he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave. 

She agreed. 

Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained 
to him and he agreed to take the test. 

Principal: "What is 3 x 3?" 
Harry: "9". 

Principal: "What is 6 x 6?" 
Harry: "36". 

And so it went with every question the principal 
thought a 3rd grader should know. The principal
looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, "I think
Harry can go to the 3rd grade." 

Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me
ask him some questions." 

The principal and Harry both agreed. 

Ms. Brooks asks, "What does a cow have
four of that I have only two of?" 

Harry, after a moment: "Legs." 

Ms. Brooks: "What is in your pants that
you have but I do not have?" 

The principal wondered, why would she ask such
a question! 

Harry replied: "Pockets." 

Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a
man steps into?" 

Harry: "Pants" 

Ms. Brooks: What's starts with a C, ends with a T,
is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish
liquid?
 
Harry: Coconut.
 
The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
 
Ms. Brooks: What goes in hard and pink then comes out
soft and sticky?
 
The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he
could stop the answer.
 
Harry: Bubble gum
 
Ms. Brooks: What does a man do standing up, a woman
do sitting down and a dog do on three legs?"
 
Harry: "Shake hands."
 
The principal was trembling.
 
Ms. Brooks: What word starts with an 'F' and ends in
'K' that means a lot of heat and excitement?
 
Harry: "Firetruck"
 
The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the
teacher, "Put Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last
seven questions wrong.

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