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From: Sewing Oodles
Date: 02-12-2004, 05:42 AM (1 of 1)
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 walking beside him 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 with his dog. After another long
walk, and at the
top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road that 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, and 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," he answered.

"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."
Hugz,
Cindy~Texas
User: Sewing Oodles
Member since: 07-29-2002
Total posts: 69
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