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 she would ask such a question! Harry replied:
"Pockets."
Ms.
Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?" Harry:
"Pants"
Ms.
Brooks: What 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 does sitting down and a
dog does 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:
"Fire truck"
The
principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put Harry in
the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong!"