1. Don’t change horses———until they stop running.

People of a certain age will remember this week’s title from a feature segment on Art Linkletter’s radio and television program, House Party. Linkletter hosted the segment on the program’s CBS adaptation from 1959 to 1967. Sometimes amazing, sometimes outrageous, often surprising, always humorous.

It’s in that spirit that I offer this week’s blog. I thank Mariann Fitzpatrick for sharing this years ago. I have no idea where she got it. But it purports to be from a first-grade school teacher. She presented each of the 26 kids in her class with the first part of a well-known proverb and asked them to finish it. Here are the other 25.

Strike while———the bug is close.

It’s always darkest before————Daylight Savings Time.

Never underestimate the power of————termites.

You can lead a horse to water but————how?

Don’t bite the hand that————looks dirty.

No news is————impossible.

A miss is as good as————a Mr.

You can’t teach an old dog new————math.

If you lie down with dogs————you’ll stink in the morning.

Love all, trust————me.

The pen is mightier than the————pigs.

An idle mind is————the best way to relax.

Where there’s smoke, there’s————pollution.

Happy the bride who————gets all the presents.

A penny saved is————not much.

Two’s company, three’s————the Musketeers.

Don’t put off till tomorrow what————you put on to go to bed.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and————you have to blow your nose.

There’s none so blind as————Stevie Wonder.

Children should be seen and not————spanked or grounded.

If at first you don’t succeed————get new batteries.

You get out of something only what you————see in the picture on the box.

When the blind lead the blind————get out of the way.

A bird in the hand is————going to poop on you.

Better late than————pregnant.

Bottom Line: You may find it difficult to believe that these actually came from 6-year-olds. Nevertheless, enjoy the insights and the humor.