The first-grade teacher was teaching a lesson on multi-syllable words.
She asked, “Jane, can you give me an example?”
Jane thought for a moment and said, “Monday.”
“Excellent, Jane! That has two syllables.”
Then she asked Mike.
Mike said, “Saturday.”
“Perfect, Mike — that has three syllables!”
Then little Johnny’s hand shot up: “Pick me, I’ve got a four-syllable word!”
The teacher hesitated but finally gave in.
“Alright, Johnny, what’s your word?”
Johnny proudly said: “Consti…pa…tion.”
The teacher smiled in relief.
“Very good, Johnny, that has four syllables!”
Johnny grinned and said:
“Yeah… and it’s a real pain in the butt.”
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