Out of the mouths of babes
While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about six years old.
Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, "Are you a cop?" "Yes," I answered, and continued writing the report.
"My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that
right?"
"Yes, that's right," I told her.
"Well, then," she said as she extended her foot toward me, "would you please tie my shoe?"
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It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the
station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking,
and I saw a little boy staring in at me.
"Is that a dog you got back there?" he asked. "It sure is," I replied.
Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van.
Finally he said, "What'd he do?"
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While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly
shut-ins,I used to take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon
rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old
age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs
One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass.
As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely
turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!"
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A litttle girl was watching her parents dress for a party.
When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, "Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit."
"And why not, darling?"
"You know that it always gives you a headache next morning.
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MY BEST lesson in child psychology came when I saw our five-year-old,
Steven, roughly jerking our toy poodle's leash.
Suddenly his fuming father appeared and asked, "Do you want to tell
me how sorry you are?"
"I don't know how much you saw!" Steven stammered.
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We had spent the day moving from our farmhouse into our new house in
town.
Early the next morning, our 3 1/2-year-old ran into our bedroom to wake us up. I dressed him and told him to play in the yard and to quit
bothering us.
About 20 minutes later, he came running back. "Mommy, Mommy," he exclaimed, "everybody has doorbells - and they all work."
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A little girl had just finished her first week of school. "I'm wasting my
time," she said to her mother.
"I can't read, I can't write -- and they won't let me talk!"
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A friend called to say how impressed she had been with my son's
Manners at the birthday party for her seven-year-old son.
The first thing my son had said on arrival was: "Hello, Mrs. King. In
case I forget, I'd like to say that I had a very nice time."
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When I took my 4 1/2-year-old cousin to a carnival in Ottawa, I bought
her a helium balloon. She carried it around all day without breaking or
losing it.
After we returned to my house, she began running around, tripped and
let go of the balloon. Tearfully, she watched it disappear into the clouds.
Then her face brightened, and she said, "I wish I hadn't let it go. But won't
God be surprised!"
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