A teacher said to her class: 
   
   "Who was the first man?" 
   
   “*rge Washington," a little boy shouted promptly. 
   
   "How do you make out that *rge Washington was the first man?" asked the teacher, smiling indulgently. 
   
   "Because, " said the little boy, "he was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen." 
   
   But at this point a larger boy held up his hand. 
   
   "Well," said the teacher to him, "who do you think was the first man?" 
   
   "I don''''''''t know what his name was," said the larger boy, "but I know it wasn''''''''t *rge Washington, ma''''''''am, because the history book says *rge Washington married a widow, so, of course, there must have been a man ahead of him."