What Kids Observe....

WHILE INTENTLY WATCHING US MAKE PORK SAUSAGE WITH A NEIGHBOR,
OUR 4 YEAR OLD GRANDAUGHTER DIDN'T
 SAY A WORD. DURING THE DRIVE HOME, HOWEVER SHE MADE AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION:"YOU SURE PUT FUNNY
                                  PANTY HOSE ON THAT SAUSAGE."
                                        GENEVIEVE THOLE
 
 

 FEELING BRAVE, MY GRANDDAUGHTER, ASKED HER MOTHER TO PIERCE HER
EARS."ALL RIGHT DEAR," HER MOTHER
                 AGREED." BUT I HAVE TO PUT ICE ON YOUR EAR LOBES SO IT WON'T HURT.
              SHE GRIMACED AND SAID "OH ALL RIGHT, WOULD YOU WARM UP
THE ICE FIRST ?"
                                           BETTY SMITH
 
 
 

 HER FIRST TIME FISHING WITH A ROD AND REEL, MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS
STRUGGLING TO GET THE LINE INTO THE
  LAKE.TRYING TO BE HELPFUL, HER DAD CAST THE BOBBER WAY OUT OVER
THE WATER. "BUT DADDY,"SHE CRIED
                    WHEN HE HANDED THE ROD BACK,"MY EYES DON'T REACH THAT FAR!"
                                           DELLA JUST

  AFTER PLANTING OUR VEGETABLE GARDEN ALL MORNING,MY DAUGHTER,
KAREN,AND I SAT DOWN TO A LUNCH OF
     HAMBURGERS.SHE ATE QUIETLY FOR A WHILE,AND THEN STARTED
PICKING THE SESAME SEEDS OFF HER
     BUN,"MOM,SHE ASKED SERIOUSLY,"IF WE PLANT THESE SEEDS,
WILL THEY GROW INTO HAMBURGERS ?"
                                      CATHERN VEENENDAAL

MY THREE YEAR OLD GRANDSON WAS UNDERFOOT IN THE KITCHEN
SO HIS MOTHER SENT HIM OUTSIDE TO "GIVE THE
 FLOWERS A DRINK",AWAY HE WENT,ONLY TO RETURN IN A MINUTE.
"JON,I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE THE
 FLOWERS A DRINK,"HIS MOM REMINDED HIM. WITH A QUICK
SHRUG,HE REPLIED,"I COULDN'T FIND THEIR MOUTHS ."
                                        MRS.BILLEYE HINES

  WHEN OUR IDENTICAL TWIN DAUGHTERS WERE IN FIRST GRADE,
A FRIEND WANTED TO KNOW HOW THE TEACHER
                                     COULD TELL THEM APART.
                      "EASY,ONE OF THEM EXPLAINED,"WE HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES!"
                                       MRS.DONALD NELSON

  BEFORE BEDTIME,MY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW ASKED HER TWO YOUNGSTERS
TO CLEAN UP THEIR PLAYROOM. SOON,WE
 HEARD THE SOUND OF TOYS AND BOOKS BEING PUT AWAY,AND
THE OLDER GIRL GIVING ORDERS TO HER YOUNGER
BROTHER LIKE A FOUR-STAR GENERAL. FINALLY,MUTINY SET IN.
THE LITTLE BOY CAME STOMPING INTO THE KITCHEN
                 AND DECLARED FURIOUSLY,"SHE'S IN THERE ACTING JUST LIKE A MOTHER !"
                                        MILDRED SHERRER

    IN THE MIDST OF BREAKFAST,MY GRANDSON,3 1/2 ,PAUSED BETWEEN
SPOONFULS OF OATMEAL TO ASK HIS
   MOTHER,"DOES GOD LIVE RIGHT HERE IN MY HEART ?"
"SURE HE DOES LUKE,"SHE REPLIED LOVINGLY. "OH,HE
    RESPONDED. THEN HE ASKED IN A WORRIED LOOK,
"WHEN I EAT MY OATS,WON'T THEY FALL ON HIS HEAD ?"
                                          BETTY POTTS

      RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A BRISK WALK WITH ME,MY 3 YEAR OLD GRANDSON
CAME TO A SUDDEN HALT.
         "I HAVE TO REST FOR A MINUTE," HE INFORMED.
"MY FEET RAN OUT
OF BREATH!"
ARDYTH VOS
 

A RED HOT SWEET MUST HAVE TICKLED MY GRANDDAUGHTERS TONGUE.
SHE SWALLOED AND TOLD ME,"THIS CANDY
                                MAKES MY MOUTH FEEL LIKE SUMMER!"
                                           DORIS DAVIS
 

   THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,OUR FAMILY WAS VISITING FRIENDS.
DAUGHTER SARAH WAS EXCITED TO HEAR
   SOMEONE HAD SEEN EIGHT DEER IN A FIELD NEARBY.
"WAS THERE A LITTLE FAT MAN WITH THEM ?" SHE ASKED HOPEFULLY
                       MARTHA ARN
 

  MY SIX YEAR OLD GRANDSON WAS TELLING ME ABOUT HIS VISIT WITH
THE DENTIST. "HE HAD THIS WHITE MASK
                     OVER HIS FACE, I GUESS HE DIDN'T WANT TO SMELL MY BREATH !"
                                            D.CHASE

  MOTHER TRIED A DIFFERENT CHICKEN RECIPE,BAKING IT WITH
THE SKIN ON. LITTLE BROTHER HAD NEVER SEEN IT
   SERVED THAT WAY."I THINK,"HE VENTURED AFTER A LOOK AT THE BUMPY
SKIN,"THIS CHICKEN MUST HAVE THE CHILLS."
MRS.ARNOLD OLDENBURG
 

   GRANDSON ADAM, 6 VISITED ONE DAY AND REPORTED THE TOOTH
FAIRY HAD LEFT HIM SOME MONEY UNDER HIS
 PILLOW. WHEN ADAM WANTED TO SEE MY TEETH, I TOOK OUT MY
UPPER PLATE TO SHOW HIM. HIS EYES GREW WIDE
                  AND HE CONFIDED,"GRANDMA,YOU COULD REALLY MAKE SOME MONEY !"
                                           NETTIE ZOOK
 

      I TAKE CARE OF CHILDREN IN MY HOME. ONCE A 3-YEAR OLD CAME UP
TO ME AND REPORTED PROUDLY
                     "I FOUND A LITTLE TRASH CAN." THEN HE HANDED ME A THIMBLE.
                                          JOYCE E. MAY
 

       SO THEY WOULDN'T WORRY, MY DAUGHTER TRIED TO DELICATELY
DESCRIBE TO HER CHILDREN WHAT
  GRANDMOTHER'S SURGERY WOULD BE LIKE.
SHE TOLD THEM THE DOCTOR WOULD JUST CUT GRANDMA'S TUMMY
  THEN SEW IT RIGHT BACK UP AGAIN. SHARI,THE YOUNGEST,
THOUGHT OVER THE PROCEDURE AND ASKED,'HOW IS
                   THE DOCTOR GOING TO GET GRANDMA UNDER THE SEWING MACHINE ?"
                                         MRS.ELI MILLER

      OUR SON CAME HOME WITH A REMNANT OF THE CARPET HE'D PICKED TO
COVER THE FLOORS. WHEN MY
       GRAND DAUGHTER ASKED WHAT IT WAS FOR, HE INFORMED HER IT
WAS WALL-TO-WALL CARPETING.
  SHE LOOKED AT THE LIVING ROOM, THEN BACK TO THE SAMPLE
AND QUESTIONED "WHAT'S IT GOING TO DO.........GROW ?"
LOUISE BREMER
 

JUSTIN'S GREAT-GRANDMOTHER SURPRISED HIM WITH A KISS AT A
FAMILY REUNION. NOT USED TO SUCH BIG DOSES
  OF AFFECTION, MY SON VIGOROUSLY WIPED HIS FACE WITH
HIS SHIRTSLEEVE. "ARE YOU WIPING OFF MY KISS ?"
                                  GRANNY ASKED,EYES TWINKLING.
             WITHOUT HESTITATION, JUSTIN REPLIED,"I'M JUST SCATTERING
IT AROUND A LITTLE ."
                                            JODI BACH
 

     WHEN MY FRIENDS GRANDDAUGHTER COMPLAINED OF A TUMMY ACHE,
SHE TOLD THE LITTLE GIRL,"YOUR
                     STOMACH'S PROBABLY EMPTY.....LET'S GET SOMETHING TO EAT."
    LATER THAT DAY,THE MINISTER PAID A VISIT. WHEN HE MENTIONED
HAVING A HEADACHE, THE CHILD ASKED
                            SYMPATHEYICALLY,"OH, IS YOUR HEAD EMPTY ?"
                                           PATSY SHUE

  WATCHING WIDE-EYED, AS HIS FATHER BURPED HIS NEW BABY SISTER,
OUR 3-YEAR OLD SON ADVISED."DON'T HIT
                                    HER TOO HARD, DAD...YOU'LL
                                    KNOCK OUT HER BATTERIES."
                                         BRONWYN HOGAN
 

 AS HER GRANDMOTHER CUT CORN FROM THE COB,OUR 3-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
LOOKED CONFUSED. AFTER A WHILE
          SHE INQUIRED "GRANDMA,WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH ALL
THOSE CORN BONES ?"
                                         TERESA KEISLING

     MOLLY,MY FRIENDS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, SURPRISED ME WITH A
SECRET DURING AN AFTERNOON WALK.
    "DID YOU KNOW I WAS BORN WITHOUT FEET ?" SHE REVEALED.
WHEN I QUIZZICALLY ASKED FOR DETAILS, SHE
     EXPLAINED."I WAS READING MY BABY BOOK, AND ONE PAGE SAYS :
"FIRST NOTICED FEET AT 6 MONTHS'."
                                         KAREN HELBERG
 

 MY HUSBAND, AN AVID PHOTOGRAPHER, ASKED US TO BE QUIET
WHILE HE ATTEMPTED TO GET THE PERFECT PICTURE
  OF BIRDS FEEDING OUTSIDE OUR DINING ROOM WINDOW.
AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES OF SILENCE, OUR 4-YEAR
         OLD DAUGHTER WHISPERED IN HIS EAR.
"DADDY I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA SMILE FOR YOU."
                                           DEBBIE LUCE
 

WHEN I ASKED MY GRANDSON IF HE HAD WANTED SOME HORSE-RADISH
FOR HIS SAUSAGE, HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
SO I OPENED THE JAR AND LET HIM SMELL IT...
HE MADE A WIERD FACE AND REPLIED " WHAT PART OF THE
HORSE DID THAT COME FROM !"
D.CHASE