A FIRST GRADE TEACHER collected old, well-known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb, and had them come up with the rest.

She wrote:

They finished with:

As you shall make your bed so shall you

mess it up.

Better be safe than

punch a 5th grader.

Strike while the

bug is close.

It's always darkest before

daylight savings time.

You can lead a horse to water but

how?

Don't bite the hand that

looks dirty.

A miss is as good as a

Mister

You can't teach an old dog new

math.

If you lie down with the dogs, you'll

stink in the morning.

The pen is mightier than the

pigs.

An idle mind is

the best way to relax.

Where there's smoke, there's

pollution.

Happy the bride who

gets all the presents.

A penny saved is

not much.

Two's company, three's

the musketeers.

Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and

you have to blow your nose.

Children should be seen and not

spanked or grounded.

When the blind leadeth the blind

get out of the way.