1. "Give me a sentence about a public servant," said a teacher.

The small boy wrote: "The fireman came down the ladder pregnant."

The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. "Don't you know what pregnant means?" she asked.

"Sure," said the young boy confidently. "Means carrying a child."

2. Susie Sunshine asked her Sunday School class to draw pictures of their favorite Bible stories. She was puzzled by Jimmie's picture which showed four people in an airplane, so she asked him which story it was meant to represent.

"The flight to Egypt," said Jimmy.

"I see, and that must be Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus," Ms. Susie said. "But who's the fourth person?"

"Oh, that's Pontius-the Pilot."

3. Little Johnny watched, fascinated, as his mother smoothed cold cream on her face.

"Why do you do that, mommy?" he asked.

"To make myself beautiful," said his mother, who then began removing the cream with a tissue.

"What's the matter?" asked Little Johnny. "Giving up?"