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Both of these were drawn to my attention by my wife:<\/p>\n

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JAMES (age 4) was listening to a Bible story. His dad read: \u2018The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city but his wife looked back and was turned to salt.\u2019 <\/p>\n

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Concerned, James asked: \u2018What happened to the flea?\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A Sunday School teacher asked, \u201cJohnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark?<\/p>\n

\u201cNo,\u201d replied Johnny. \u201cHow could he, with just two worms?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Both come from Sermons4Kids on Facebook<\/p>\n

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