Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 133, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1913 — Work of Childish Brains. [ARTICLE]

Work of Childish Brains.

Childish brains work well and quickly, but sometimes the difference between the juvenile and adult viewpoints result in strange conclusions and amusing remarks. The recently published dairy of an Innocent American child of 60 years ago records sundry answers and expressions quite natural to the little maker but inevitably humorous to her elders. Once, for instance, small Anna was asked: "Where does the sun rise and set?” Now, Anna, like all her classmates, had learned the proper “east and west” reply, but her rejoinder was couched in the terms of her dally observation. “It rises over by General Granger's house and sets behind the Methodist church.” The same child, hearing that a “day of prayer and fasting” had been appointed, naively inquired **if it meant to eat as fast as you can.”