A first-grade teacher who collected old, wellknown proverbs. She gave each kid in her class the first half of a proverb and had them come up with the rest. Here are the results.

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. Don’t bite the hand… That looks dirty. No news is… Impossible. A miss is as good as a… Mr. If you lie down with 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 is pollution. Happy the bride who… Gets all the presents. A penny saved is… Not much. Two’s company, three’s… The musketeers. Don’t put off tomorrow what… You put on to go to bed.

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.

If at first you don’t succeed… Get new batteries.

Never underestimate the power of… Termites.

It’s always darkest before ... Daylight saving time.

You can lead a horse to water, but ... How? You can’t teach an old dog ... Math. Love all, trust ... Me. The pen is mightier than the ... Pigs. You get out of something what you ... See pictured on the box.

When the blind leadeth the blind ... Get out of the way.

There is no fool like ... Aunt Eddie.

And last of all my favorite teacher story of the week…

On the first day of school, the kindergarten teacher said, “If anyone has to go to the bathroom, hold up two fingers.”

A little voice from the back of the room asked, “How will that help?”