A school teacher Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students.

The teacher asked, "Lucy, what's your problem?

" Lucy answered, "I'm too smart for the this grade.

My sister is in the next grade and I'm much smarter than she is!

I think I should be in the grade above her not below!"

Ms. Brooks took Lucy to the principal's office.

While Lucy waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was.

The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give this little madam a test.

If she failed to answer any of his questions she was to go back to the class and behave.

She agreed.

Young Lucy was brought in and the conditions were explained to her and she agreed to take the test.

Principal: "What is 3 x 3?" Lucy: "9".

Principal: "What is 6 x 6?" Lucy: "36".

And so it went with every question getting harder and harder as he went through everything the principal thought she should know.

The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, "I think Lucy can indeed go up in grade."

Ms. Brooks says to the principal, "Let me ask her some questions."

The principal and Lucy both agreed.

Ms. Brooks asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"

Lucy, after a moment: "Legs."

Ms. Brooks: "What is in a pair of pants that the principal has two of but both you and I do not have?"

The principal wondered, why would she ask such a question!

Lucy replied: "Pockets."

Ms. Brooks: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"

Lucy: "Pants"

Ms. Brooks: What's starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?

Lucy: "Coconut."

The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.

Ms. Brooks: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"

The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer.

Lucy: "Bubble gum"

Ms. Brooks: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"

Lucy: "Shake hands."

The principal was trembling.

Ms. Brooks: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of heat and excitement?"

Lucy: "Firetruck"

The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher,

"Please put young Lucy here in the final-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong!"

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