Sister hadn’t
decided in which class a new boy should be placed. “Sit there for
the present,” she said, indicating an empty seat. She was mortified
to discover that she had forgotten about him and he was still sitting
there three hours later. “Why didn’t you go outside for break?”
She asked.
“Oh,” replied the boy, “I was waiting for my present.”
"Let's not sit behond them!"
A farmer out in the Eastern Transvaal fell down a well. His shouts brought
his wife to the scene. She took one look and told him she would fetch
a couple of workers to haul him out.
“Hold on,” he shouted. “What time is it?”
“Half past twelve.”
“Oh well. There’s only half an hour till their lunch break.
I can manage to swim about till then.”
Speaking about the marvels of Creation and the proof they give, even by
the light of natural reason, of the existence of God, Father remarked
that each blade of grass is a sermon. Found mowing the lawn by one of
the faithful the next day he was told, “That’s right, Father,
keep the sermons short”.
