JEST FOR FUN

A boy had reached four without giving up the habit of sucking his thumb, though his mother had tried everything from bribery to reasoning painting it with lemon juice to discourage the habit. Finally she tried threats, warning her son that, "If you don't stop sucking your thumb, your stomach is going to blow up like a balloon." The following day, walking in the park with his mother, he saw a pregnant woman sitting on a bench. The four-year-old considered her gravely for a minute, then said to her, "Uh-oh, I know what you have been doing!"