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ok, in the future, im a previous lit. student so
use fucking quotation marks or somethin.
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Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 3:20
PM
Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Fwd:
Twinkies and Root Beer
This was forwarded to me by a friend. I liked the koan
nature of the
story. Lots of simple messages there. I am sorry, my forte
is not
analyzing these things. Hurts my head.
--- In [email protected],
"rudra_joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]...>
wrote:
> The twinkies and root beer thing is somewhat country, but I
think
you have something, maybe look into it and develop the theme a bit,
for us the stupid reader.
> ----- Original
Message -----
> From: jim_flanegin
> To:
[email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05,
2005 1:23 PM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Fwd: Twinkies and
Root Beer
>
>
>
> A little boy wanted
to meet God. He knew it was a long trip to
where
> God
lived, so he packed his suitcase with Twinkies and a six-
pack of
> Root Beer and he started his journey.
>
> When he had gone about three blocks, he met an elderly
man. The
man
> was sitting in the park just feeding
some pigeons.
>
> The boy sat down next to him and
opened his suitcase. He was
about
> to take a drink
from his root beer when he noticed that the man
> looked
hungry, so he offered him a Twinkie.
>
> The man
gratefully accepted it and smiled at boy. His smile was
so
> pleasant that the boy wanted to see it again, so he
offered him
a
> root beer.
>
>
Again, the man smiled at him. The boy was delighted! They sat
there
> all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a
word.
>
> As it grew dark, the boy realized how tired
he was and he got up
to
> leave, but before he had gone
more than a few steps, he turned
> around, ran back
to the man, and gave him a hug. The man gave
him
> his
biggest smile ever.
>
> When the boy opened the door
to his own house a short time
later,
> his mother was
surprised by the look of joy on his face. She
asked
>
him, "What did you do today that made you so happy?
>
> "He replied, "I had lunch with God." But before his
mother could
> respond, he added, "You know what? God's got
the most beautiful
> smile I've ever seen!"
>
> Meanwhile, the elderly man, also radiant with joy,
returned to
his
> home. His son was stunned by the look
of peace on his face and
he
> asked, "Dad, what did you
do today that made you so happy?"
>
> He replied, "I
ate Twinkies in the park with God." However,
before
>
his son responded, he added," You know, he's much younger than I
> expected."
>
>
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