| THE FORK......PAGE 2 |
THE GIRL SAID, "AND I AM GRATEFUL BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT I NEED... MY REQUEST IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT I HOPE WILL PLANT A SEED!!” "WHAT IS IT CHILD....WHAT CAN I DO?" THE REVEREND EARNESTLY ASKED SHE SAID, "I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT IN MY COFFIN AT THE LAST? BEFORE THE VISITORS FORM A LINE TO PASS BY IT ON THE STAND? THAT SOMEONE WILL HAVE PLACED A FORK FOR ALL TO SEE IN MY RIGHT HAND!! THE TINES MUST BE POINTED UPWARDS, TOO AND PLEASE MAKE NO MISTAKE!!" THE POOR REVEREND JUST SAT STARING FEARING SHE’D HAD A MENTAL BREAK!! "WHATEVER FOR?" HE SPUTTERED THAT'S NOT THE TIME FOR MAKING JOKES!! SHE SMILED..."BUT THERE'S NO BETTER TIME TO WAKE UP SAD AND BITTER FOLKS!! SHE REACHED OUT TO TAKE HIS HAND SAYING, "DO YOU NOT RECALL? HOW AT EVERY POTLUCK SUPPER THAT WAS EVER HELD IN OUR CHURCH HALL WHEN THE PLATES WERE BEING CLEARED HOW SOMEONE WAS SURE TO SAY... "KEEP YOUR FORK...THERE'S MORE TO COME THE BEST IS ON THE WAY?" THE REVEREND STILLWAS QUITE CONFUSED UNABLE TO PULL HIS THOUGHTS TOGETHER UNTIL SHE SMILED AND GAVE A WINK "I'M CONVINCED IT'S RATHER CLEVER!! AND I'M SURE YOUR WORD REVEREND IS ONE ON WHICH I CAN DEPEND!! TO REMIND THE CHRISTIANS AT MY FUNERAL THAT DEATH IS NOT THE END! continued.... |
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