Little White Dot

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A kindergarten class had a homework assignment to find out about something exciting and relay it to the class the next day.

 

When the time came to present what they'd found, the first little boy

called upon walked up to the front of the class, and with a piece of chalk,

made a small white dot on the blackboard, then sat back down.

 

Puzzled, the teacher asked him just what it was. "It's a period," said the

little boy. "Well, I can see that," she said, "but what is so exciting about a

period?"

 

"Darn it if I know," said the little boy, "but this morning my sister was

missing one, my Daddy had a heart attack, my Mommy fainted, and the man next door shot himself!