Faith.—"What is Faith?" asked the inspector. "Faith," replied a ten-year-old, "is that quality which enables us to believe what we know to be untrue."
A Fishing-net.—"A fishing-net," wrote an ingenious Standard III. boy, "is a lot of little holes joined together by a bit of string."
Too Literal.—Teacher (to newly-joined pupil): "What's your name?" Boy: "Smiff." Teacher: "Where do you come from?" Boy: "I dun'no." Teacher: "Ever been to school before?" Boy (more brightly): "Yus." Teacher: "Was it a Board School?" Boy: "No, brick."
Excused (scarlet fever is bad in village).—Teacher: "Why did you stay away from school yesterday?" "Please sir, muvver's ill." Teacher (anxiously): "What does the doctor say it is?" "Please sir, he says it's a girl."
Defining a Parable.—The definition usually taught for a parable is, "An earthly story with a heavenly meaning." At an examination one boy wrote, "A heavenly story with no earthly meaning."