At the Henry Street Hebrew School, Goldblatt, the new teacher,
finished the day's lesson.  It was now time for the usual
question period.

"Mr. Goldblatt," announced little Joey, "there's somethin' I
can't figure out."

"What's that Joey?" asked Goldblatt.

"Well accordin' to the Bible, the Children of Israel crossed
the Red Sea, right?"

"Right."

"An' the Children of Israel beat up the Phillistines, right?"

"Er--right."

"An' the Children of Israel built the Temple, right?"

"Again you're right."

"An' the Children of Israel fought the 'gyptians, an' the
Children of Israel fought the Romans, an' the Children of
Israel wuz always doin' somethin' important, right?"

"All that is right, too," agreed Goldblatt.  "So what's
your question?"

"What I wanna know is this," demanded Joey. "What wuz all
the grown-ups doin' all that time?"