posted 11-07-2005 06:51 AM         

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 has 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 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......