Entry #46 - Untitled

St. Peter is tired of standing at the pearly gates and giving or denying access to Heaven, so he notices Jesus walking by and asks him to watch the front desk for a bit. Jesus says he'd be happy to.

In a little bit an old man comes up to the desk very slowly. Jesus takes out form 85-A/j and starts getting the information.

"I'm looking for my son." the old man says.

"And who are you?" says Jesus.

"I'm his Father; well ... not really." says the man.

"Where are you from?"

The old man says he was from the Mediterranean Sea area.

"What did you do in life?"

"I was a carpenter," he replies.

Jesus smiles because this is a profession he can relate to.

"Did you have many children?" he asks kindly.

The old man says, "No, just one son, and he was unlike any other child on earth."

Jesus looks closely at the old man and asks, "Did anything unusual occur the night he came to you?"

"Oh yes," the old man says. "There was this incredibly brilliant star in the sky that lit up all the heavens."

"And does your son has holes in his hands and feet?" asks Jesus excitedly.

"He does!" shouts the man.

Jesus puts down the 85-A/j form and holds out his hands, "Father!"

The old man looks at Jesus with a mixture of joy and confusion on his face and asks, "Pinocchio??"