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"What is that" said God? Points to Ponder : Getting Along Better
"Perhaps you could turn the bear into a Christian", said the atheist. "Very well" said Saint of the Week : St. Nicholas of Tolentino
God. Jokes : Atheist and God
The river and all the other activities began again. The atheist looked at the bear who Last Drop : Seeing Good in Others
slowly lifted his left paw from the man and dropping his right paw, brought them to-
gether, and said "For what we are about to receive...." Equal Measures!
Jim Cross Once there was a little old man. His eyes blinked and his hands trembled; when he ate he
clattered the silverware distressingly, missed his mouth with the spoon as often as not, and
Last Drop dribbled a bit of his food on the tablecloth. Now he lived with his married son, having no-
Seeing Good in Others where else to live, and his son’s wife didn’t like the arrangement.
“I can’t have this,” she said. “It interferes with my right to happiness.” So she and her hus-
Once there in the gutter by the market-place lay a dead dog.
band took the old man gently but firmly by the arm and led him to the corner of the kitchen.
“How loathsome!” said one and turned his head away. “Pah!
There they set him on a stool and gave him his food in an earthenware bowl. From then on
How he stinks!” said another and held his nose as he passed. he always ate in the corner, blinking at the table with regretful eyes.
“Look at his protruding ribs!” said a third. “He has not enough One day his hands trembled rather more than usual, and the earthenware bowl fell and
skin on his carcass to make even a shoe-string!” said a fourth. broke. “If you are a pig,” said the daughter-in-law, “you must eat out of a trough.” So they
“No wonder he came to a bad end!” said a fifth. Then a gentle, made him a little wooden trough and he got his meals in that.
rebuking voice broke in on the chorus of calumny, “Pearls are not These people had a four-year-old son of whom they were very fond. One evening the young
equal to the whiteness of his teeth.” And the people drew away man noticed his boy playing intently with some bits of wood and asked what he was doing.
whispering, “Surely, that must be Jesus, for who else would say a “I’m making a trough,” he said, smiling up for approval, “to feed you and Mamma when I get
good word for a dead dog?” big.”
Having something good to say even about the most repug- The man and his wife looked at each other for a while and didn’t say anything. Then they
nant character we come across is a sign of true nobility. cried a little. They then went to the corner and took the old man by the arm and led him
back to the table. They sat him in a comfortable chair and gave him his food on a plate, and
from then on nobody ever scolded when he clattered or spilled or broke things.
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