Out of the mouths of babes

OUR Sunday school children were invited to join the morning service. The vicar’s sermon was about the way animals communicated. ‘What do dogs do?’ he asked the children. ‘Bark,’ came the answer. ‘What do sheep do?’ ‘Baa,’ was the reply. ‘What do pigs do?’ ‘Grunt,’ called the children. All was going well until he asked: ‘And what do chickens do?’ The answer came loud and clear: ‘They get roasted!’ It was the first time I’d seen the vicar stuck for words.

Gwen Whittle, Liverpool.