Wise kid's proverbs! By Tracey Vale

Students from a primary class were given the first portion of well-known proverbs and were asked to complete them. These were some of the results and were sourced from the book The Mammoth Book of Humor, by Geoff Tidballs, Carroll and Graff Publishers, Inc., 2000:

• A penny saved is.....not much.
• When the blind leadeth the blind.....get out of the way.
• Two's company, three's.....the Musketeers.
• Where there's smoke there's.....pollution.
• Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and.....you have to blow your nose.
• None are so blind as.....Helen Keller.
• An idle mind is.....the best way to relax.
• Love all, trust.....me.
• You can't teach an old dog new.....math.
• A miss is as good as.....a Mr.
• You get out of something what you.....see pictured on the box.
• If at first you don't succeed.....get new batteries.
• Children should be seen and not.....spanked.
• Happy the bride who.....gets all the presents.
• If you lie down with the dogs you'll.....stink in the morning.
• The pen is mightier than....the pigs.
• Don't bite the hand that.....looks dirty.
• No news is.....impossible.
• Never underestimate the power of.....termites.
• It's always darkest before.....daylight savings time.
• Strike while the.....bug is close.
• Look before you....run into a pole.
• People in glass houses.....shouldn't run around naked.
• Too many cooks.....so few meals.