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Cartoon: Tracting Santa
From Mission Mania by Val C. Bagley

After buying a new winter coat for our three year old son, we counseled him to take good care of it and not damage or misplace it. He was doing a pretty good job of it too. But one day he came in from playing outside with a forlorn look on his face. "Mom, I lost a button," he confessed, pointing to the bare spot where the button had been. Then beaming ear to ear he held out the other side of his coat and proudly proclaimed, "But the hole is still here!" --Kathleen Ryan, Goshen, Alabama, USA




We were vsiting a friend of ours, a religion and philosophy professor, when my youngest son Ryley grabbed a few books from the shelves, and was 'reading' them. He finally chose one and was reading it intently. Considering he couldn't read, we were amused, until he brought us the book he was reading. He said, "I'm reading this book in my mind". It was the Book of Mormon. That is not the humorous part because then he said, "I was reading another book, but it was messing with my mind. I'll show it to you." It was an Intro to Philosophy book! --Kathryn McDaniel, Quincy, Illinois, USA


Many years ago, I was one of the sunbeam teachers in our ward. One of my sunbeams had something to tell me, so he quickly raised his hand. Instead of calling me Sister Webb, he called me spider Webb. The other teacher and I got a big kick out it. --Sheralyn Webb, Layton, Utah, USA



Last year I had the opportunity to be my oldest sons primary teacher. Every week my stomach dropped as he raised his hand to answer a question. One week, the Primary President showed a picture of Joseph Smith's First Vision. She told the primary children that we looked like Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. Then she asked, "Does Heavenly Father have fingers like us?" "Yes," all the kids shouted. Does Heavenly Father have toes? "Yes," was again the resounding response. Then she said, "Well, how do we know?" In a very "matter of fact" way, my five-year-old raised his hand and said, looking at the picture, "Because He doesn't have any shoes on." --Erika Kunzler, Maplewood, Minnesota, USA




This past Sunday the Primary children were giving their presentation. One small sunbeam got up and delivered his line which ended with, "We will obey the Prophet who is..." and in unison the rest of the Primary children said... "Thomas S Monson" to which immediately following from the back of the chapel a little voice yells out as clear as a bell..."Now spell Santa!" --Melanie Killman, Castleton, Ontario, CANADA


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