Children Stories

• The Whale and Jonah

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.

The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was

a very large mammal its throat was very small.

The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could

not swallow a human; it was physically impossible. The little girl said, "When I get to heaven I will

ask Jonah".

The teacher asked, "What if Jonah went to hell?"

The little girl replied, "Then you ask him".

• Group Photograph

The children had all been photographed, and the teacher was trying to persuade them each to buy a

copy of the group picture. "Just think how nice it will be to look at it when you are all grown up and

say, 'There's Jennifer; she's a lawyer,' or 'that's Michael. He's a doctor.'"

A small voice at the back of the room rang out, "And there's the teacher. She's dead."

• Blood Circulation

A teacher was giving a lesson on the circulation of the blood. Trying to make the matter clearer, she

said, "Now, class, if I stood on my head, the blood, as you know, would run into it, and I would turn red

in the face."

"Yes," the class said.

"Then why is it that while I am standing upright in the ordinary positions the blood doesn't run into my

feet?"

A little fellow shouted, "Because your feet aren't empty."

• Group Photo

The children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic elementary school for lunch. At the head of

the table was a large pile of apples.

The nun made a note, and posted on the apple tray: "Take only ONE. God is watching."

Moving further along the lunch line, at the other end of the table was a large pile of chocolate chip

cookies. A child had written a note, "Take all You want. God is watching the apples!"