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
she would ask such a question!



Harry replied: "Pockets."



Ms.
Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"



Harry:
"Pants."



Ms. Brooks: What 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 replied, "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: "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...... "