Newly assigned officers to a Naval Air Station are quite often
"adopted" by a family. One such young officer, a Lieut. Commander,
kind-of became an Uncle to the family's only 4 year old daughter. One
Sunday, he asked her what she had learned in Sunday School. She said she
had learned all about ... the ten commanders, and that they were always broke.
This same little girl, was told to draw her conception of the Hebrews
flight into Egypt. She came home with a picture of an airplane, the
passengers all with halos and one person up front without one. When
asked about it, she explained, ... "Oh, that's Pontius, the pilot."
The Lord's Prayer has always been easy for kids to misinterpret, either
through poor enunciators or from mumbling congregations. One little boy,
always a classic joke, said, ... "Harold be Thy name." Two other lesser
known prayers though are a little girl saying ... "Give us this day our
jelly bread." Or the little New York boy who petitioned God to ... "Lead
us not into Penn Station."
After hearing the Christmas story, and singing "Silent Night" a Sunday
School Class in Sao Paulo was asked to draw what they thought the
Nativity Scene might have looked like. One boy did a good likeness of
Joseph, Mary and the infant, but off to the side was a roly-poly figure.
The teacher, afraid that he had somehow worked Santa Claus into the
scene asked him who that was. She wasn't sure whether she was relieved
or even more worried when the boy responded, ... "Oh, that's Round John Virgin."
"adopted" by a family. One such young officer, a Lieut. Commander,
kind-of became an Uncle to the family's only 4 year old daughter. One
Sunday, he asked her what she had learned in Sunday School. She said she
had learned all about ... the ten commanders, and that they were always broke.
This same little girl, was told to draw her conception of the Hebrews
flight into Egypt. She came home with a picture of an airplane, the
passengers all with halos and one person up front without one. When
asked about it, she explained, ... "Oh, that's Pontius, the pilot."
The Lord's Prayer has always been easy for kids to misinterpret, either
through poor enunciators or from mumbling congregations. One little boy,
always a classic joke, said, ... "Harold be Thy name." Two other lesser
known prayers though are a little girl saying ... "Give us this day our
jelly bread." Or the little New York boy who petitioned God to ... "Lead
us not into Penn Station."
After hearing the Christmas story, and singing "Silent Night" a Sunday
School Class in Sao Paulo was asked to draw what they thought the
Nativity Scene might have looked like. One boy did a good likeness of
Joseph, Mary and the infant, but off to the side was a roly-poly figure.
The teacher, afraid that he had somehow worked Santa Claus into the
scene asked him who that was. She wasn't sure whether she was relieved
or even more worried when the boy responded, ... "Oh, that's Round John Virgin."
Out of the mouths of babes...