3:30 in the Morning
14-VII-08
A man is in bed with his wife when there is a knock on the door. He rolls
over and looks at his clock -- it's half-past three in the
morning.
"I'm not getting out of bed at this time", he thinks, and rolls over.
Then, a louder knock follows. "Aren't you going to answer that?" says his
wife. So, he drags himself out of bed and goes downstairs.
He opens the door and there is man standing at the door. It didn't take
the homeowner long to realize the man was drunk. "Hi there," slurs the
stranger, "Can you give me a push?"
"No. Get lost, it's half-past three. I was in bed," says the man and
slams the door.
He goes back up to bed and tells his wife what happened and she says
"Dave, that wasn't very nice of you.
Remember that night we broke down in the pouring rain on the way to pick
the kids up from the baby-sitter and you had to knock on that man's door to
get us started again? What would have happened if he'd told us to get lost?"
"But the guy was drunk," says the husband.
"It doesn't matter," says the wife. "He needs our help and it would be
the Christian thing to help him."
So, the husband gets out of bed again, gets dressed and goes downstairs.
He opens the door and, not being able to see the stranger anywhere he
shouts: "Hey, do you still want a push?" and he hears a voice cry out "Yeah
please."
So, still being unable to see the stranger, he shouts: "Where are you?"
And the stranger replies: "I'm over here, on your swing set." |
