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They were reviewing the lesson about the whale in the third grade, and the teacher was anxious to see how much they had remembered. ·
"What do we do with whalebones?" asked the teacher of little Johnnie.
"We put them on the side of our plate, I suppose," answered Johnnie.
No OuTSIDERS ALLOWED
"Uncle Remus, yon may have a lawyer appointed to defend you if yon wish," the judge told the old negro, who was accused of chicken stealing.
"No, sub; thank yon, jcdge, ah intends to enjoy them chickens all mahself," and he pleaded his own case.
The crow may be a troublesome bird, but he never gets noisy without caws. Too bad more people are not like m·ows.
A CoNSIDERATE CuLPRIT
"If you were in the complainant's house for no dishonest purpose," demanded the police magistrate, "why were you in your stocking feet?"
"Why, yo' honoh, I kinder gits th' impression dere was sickness in de fambly."