A first grade teacher collected some well known proverbs and gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb. She asked the kids to come up with the rest of the proverb - with some interesting results!...

• Better be safe than......................punch a 5th grader.
• Strike while the .... bug is close.
• It''s always darkest before .... daylight savings time.
• An idle mind is .... the best way to relax.
• You can lead a horse to water but .... how?
• Don''t bite the hand that .... looks dirty.
• A miss is as good as a .... Mr.
• You can''t teach an old dog new .... math.
• If you lie down with the dogs, you''ll..stink in the morning.
• The pen is mightier than the .... pigs.
• Where there''s smoke, there''s .... pollution.
• Happy the bride who .... gets all the presents.
• A penny saved is .... not much.
• Two''s company, three''s.......................the musketeers.
• As you shall make your bed so shall you..........mess it up.
• Children should be seen and not.........spanked or grounded.
• When the blind leadeth the blind.........get out of the way.