Pint-Sized Punch Lines

What do you call someone who poisons oatmeal? A cereal killer. (Elyse, Benjamin and Joshua Schwartz, 9, 8 and 6, Tarzana, Castlemont School)

* What has holes but can hold water? A sponge. (Jonathan Kim, 11, Hacienda Heights, Mesa Robles School)

* A man was walking down the street with a lion on a leash. He was stopped by a policeman, who asked the man where he was going with the lion. The man replied, “I’m taking him to the zoo.” The next day the policeman saw the same man with the lion and said, “I thought you took that lion to the zoo.” The man replied, “I did. Now we’re going to the movies.” (Xin Zhang, 12, Hacienda Heights, Mesa Robles School)

* What goes up and never comes down? Your age. (Elizabeth Velasquez, 7, Hawthorne, Cabrillo Elementary)

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