Re: For Pet lovers.....
Love it!!
On 6/28/05, Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
> Very nice. I was onto the first gate when he said he'd "have the ice water
> brought UP".
> Kitty
> neIN, Z5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:47 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] For Pet lovers.....
>
>
> > > 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 leading 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 man. "Do you have any water?"
> > >
> > > "Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there, 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 water 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.
> > >
> > > "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, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would
> > >leave their best friends behind."
> >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A
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