A small boy in a farming town was leading a donkey passed by an army camp. A couple of soldiers wanted to have some fun with the boy.

"What are you holding on to your brother so tight for?"

"So he won't join the army," the youngster replied with blinking an eye.

"The violinist's execution was simply marvelous."

"Wasn't it though? You could see the audience hanging on every note."

"Teacher" was giving her class a little weekly talk on painting, illustrated by reproductions of famous pictures. "Sir Joshua Reynolds," she said, "was able to change a smiling face into a frowning one with a single stroke of the brush."

"Huh," little Johnny was heard to mutter, "my maw can do that, and she don't need no paint brush!"