"Well, then, grandpapa," said the child, driven to the extremity of his biblical knowledge, "you must be one of the beasts."
Not less critical was the comment of a lad who was taken to church one Sunday for the first time.
"You see, Augustus," said his fond mamma, anxious to impress his tender mind at such a moment with lasting remembrances, "how many people come here to pray to God?"
"Yes, but not so many as go to the circus," says the practical lad.
Quite natural, also, was the reply of a little lady who was found crying by her mother because one of her companions had given her a slap.
"Well, I hope you paid her back?" cried the angry mother, her indignation getting the better of her judgment.
"Oh yes, I paid her back before-hand!"
Another little girl, after attending the funeral of one of her schoolmates, which ceremony had been conducted at the school, was giving an animated account of the exercises on her return home.
"And I suppose you were all sobbing as if your hearts would break, poor things!" says papa.
"Oh no," replies the child: "only the front row cried."