Their teacher might have said...

• (Abel) Sit closer to your brother. he won't hurt you.

• (Adam) That's a wonderful leaf collection. Now put those back on.

• (Cain) OK. maybe you're not. But don't you know where your brother is?

• (Daniel) I told you twice before, Danny, get away from the window.

• (David) Put that thing down, Davey, before something flies out and hurts somebody.

• (David, again) Get down off the roof before something bad happens.

• (David, one more time) Pick on kids your own size.

• (Elijah) Apologize to the nice camp counselor for starting the bond fire before he got there.

• (Esther) Yes, Esther, girls can do anything boys can do.

• (Eve) Stop trying to make the other children eat the snacks you brought.

• (Ezekiel) Zeke, you saw a what inside a what?

• (Gideon) Please stop drinking out of the pond.

• (Isaac) Your father would never do that. Tell us what really happened on the weekend camping trip with your daddy?

• (Jacob) Jake, did you trick your brother out of his prize again?

• (James and John) No, Jimmy and Johnny, we cannot call down fire from Heaven to burn up the choir for not letting us use the van.

• (Job) Stop worrying, Jobie. You're rich and successful. What could possibly go wrong?

• (Jonah) This is camp, Joe. Now let’s be a big boy and get in the boat with the rest of the children.

• (John) Johnny, please stop standing on your chair and warning the class about the coming Apocalypse.

• (John the Baptist) J.B., does your mommy know you eat those?

• (Joseph) You can take your coat off now, Joey. I’m sure your brothers at home must be very proud of you.

• (Joshua) Josh, was that nice? He worked hard building that!

• (Judas) I'm sorry. I don't know why you don't have any friends.

• (Moses) OK, Mo, leave the water alone this time and we'll try baptizing you again.

• (Moses, again) I'm sorry, Mo, but we have to give other children a chance to read the class rules.

• (Naaman) Are you getting a rash?

• (Noah) Isn’t there anything else you can make with popsicle sticks?

• (Paul) Paul, Saul, whatever! Just stop referring to your sister as your “thorn in the flesh.”

• (Peter) Pete, how do you always get so wet?

• (Samson) Sammy, apologize to the other children for pushing over the swing set.

• (Samuel) Now Sam, God doesn't talk to kids at night when they're trying to go to sleep.

• (Shadrach) You and your friends can sit down now.

• (Solomon) Very good, Sol. Now give the other children a chance to answer.

• (Thomas) OK, Tommy, look at this. Now do you believe I got wounded in the war?

• (Zaccheaus) Get down from there, Shorty, and give that money back to whoever it belongs to.
  
  Roger Fields