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> > > >>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."

> > >