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From: "Stanley T. & Georgeanna Freeman" <>
Subject: [FREEMAN-L] Fw: [PRIDGEN-L] For Your Enjoyment
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 20:47:26 -0500

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Date: Thursday, December 30, 1999 7:35 PM
Subject: [PRIDGEN-L] For Your Enjoyment


>HEAVEN KNOWS
> >>
> >> A man and his dog were walking along a road. The
> >> man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly
> >> occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered
> >> dying, and that the dog had been dead for years. He
> >> wondered where the road was leading them. After a
> >> while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one
> >> side of the road. It looked like fine marble.
> >>
> >> At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch
> >> that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing
> >> before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that
> >> looked like mother of pearl, and the street that led to
> >> the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked
> >> toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man
> >> at a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he
> >> called out, "Excuse me, where are we?"
> >>
> >> "This is heaven, sir," the man answered.
> >>
> >> "Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the
> >> man asked.
> >>
> >> "Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice
> >> water brought right up." The man gestured, and the
> >> gate began to open.
> >>
> >> "Can my friend," gesturing toward his dog, "come in,
> >> too?" the traveler asked.
> >>
> >> "I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets."
> >>
> >> The man thought a moment and then turned back
> >> toward the road and continued the way he had been
> >> going.
> >>
> >> After another long walk, and at the top of another long
> >> hill, he came to a dirt road which led through a farm
> >> gate that looked as if it had never been closed. There
> >> was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a
> >> man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.
> >>
> >> "Excuse me!" he called to the reader. "Do you have
> >> any water?"
> >>
> >> "Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there" The man
> >> pointed to a place that couldn't be seen from outside
> >> the gate. "Come on in."
> >>
> >> "How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to
> >> the dog.
> >>
> >> "There should be a bowl by the pump."
> >>
> >> They went through the gate, and sure enough, there
> >> was an old fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside
> >> it. The traveler filled the bowl and took a long drink
> >> himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they
> >> were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man
> >> who was standing by the tree waiting for them.
> >>
> >> "What do you call this place?" the traveler asked.
> >>
> >> "This is heaven," was the answer.
> >>
> >> "Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man
> >> down the road said that was heaven, too."
> >>
> >> "Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and
> >> pearly gates? Nope. That's hell."
> >>
> >> "Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name
> >> like that?"
> >>
> >> "No. I can see how you might think so, but we're just
> >> happy that they screen out the folks who'll leave their
> >> best friends behind".
> >>
>

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