A man decided that it was time to teach his son how to say
prayers, so
he spent a few nights teaching the son the basics. After
the kid had
learned them well enough to say on his own, the father
instructed him
that after he was done with the prayers each night, he was
to choose
someone special and ask for God's blessing for that
person.
Well, little kids don't always realize that their pets
aren't a person,
so the first night the little boy said his prayers, he
ended with "And
God, please bless my puppy." The guy thought that it was
pretty cute.
However, the next morning the little dog ran out the door
and was
killed by a car.
That night the little kid asked God to bless his cat when
the prayers
were finished. And, sure enough, the next morning the cat
slipped out
and took on the biggest dog in the neighborhood and became
breakfast.
The father had started to make a connection here, but
decided that it
was just coincidence.
But when the kid asked God to bless his goldfish, the
father couldn't
wait for morning so that he could check up on it. As soon
as he looked
in the bowl, he saw the fish floating upside down on the
top.
That night the little kid ended with "God, please give an
extra special
blessing to my father."
The father couldn't sleep. He couldn't eat breakfast in
the morning.
He was afraid to drive to work. He couldn't get any work
done because
he was petrified. Finally quitting time came and he
walked home,
expecting to drop dead any minute.
When he arrived home, the house was a mess. His wife was
lying on the
couch still dressed in her robe. The dishes from
breakfast were still
on the table and the father was furious. He started
yelling at his
wife, telling her that he had had the worst day of his
life and she
hadn't even gotten dressed. She looked at him and
said, "Shut up! My
day was worse. The mailman had a heart attack on our
front porch!"
