Below is an authentic conversation with a 4th-grader after it is found out that he, to his teacher's utmost dismay, has written in a history test that Jesus Christ had been an emperor:
"What is an emperor?"
"A person who empers."
"And what does it mean - to emper?"
"To work as an emperor."
"What is an emperor?"
"A person who empers."
"And what does it mean - to emper?"
"To work as an emperor."
