Wise beyond their years (Picture: Reddit)

Bela: We don’t know you, but we salute you.

The child, known only by their first name, was asked to complete ten famous proverbs for homework – things like ‘Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched’ and ‘Don’t put all your eggs in one basket’.

Sure, they could have diligently asked her parents what the usual ending to each of these phrases was and scored 10 out of 10, everyone involved stifling a yawn and moving on with their lives.

But we suspect Bela will end up as more of a free thinker.


Genius (Picture: Haggysack/Reddit)

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Instead of the cliches, they came up with some more creative answers, as documented by Haggysack on Reddit, who commented: ‘One of my friends just sent me her kids homework. After the answer at the bottom, I realise this kid is going places.’

We just love it.

So much wisdom and understanding here:

‘Don’t count your chickens… because they need privacy‘.

Then there’s the rather ominous warning:

When the cat’s away… You will pay

A user going by the name Sageblitz commented on Bela’s version of ‘All work and no play…’:

‘All work and no play makes Jack happy’. This kid sounds like my boss.

And who could forget that famous proverb:

It’s all fun and games until… Darth Vader comes.

Genius.

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