he came to the Church carrying a bird cage .....

李察回應：

dear peggy,

very much thank you for this long letter. I guess it is a chain letter.

And, I would like to know YOUR own ideas too.

regards

Lee Chard

and here's the letter. (sorry I'd made it shorter)

.................
There once was a man named George Thomas, pastor in a small New England
town. One Easter Sunday morning he came to the Church carrying a rusty,
bent, old bird cage, and set it by the pulpit. Eyebrows were raised and,

asif in response, Pastor Thomas began to speak..."I was walking through
town
yesterday when I saw a young boy coming toward me swinging this bird cage.
On the bottom of the cage were three little wild birds, shivering with
cold and fright. I stopped the lad and asked, "What you got there, son?"
"Just
some old birds," came the reply.

"What are you gonna do with them?" I asked.

"Take 'em home and have fun with 'em," he answered. "I'm gonna tease 'em
and pull out their feathers to make ' em fight. I'm gonna have a real good

time"
"But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later. What will you
do?"
"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll take

'em to them."

The pastor was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those birds,
son?"
"Huh?? !!! Why, you don't want them birds, mister. They're just plain old
field birds. They don't sing. They ain't even pretty!"

"How much?" the pastor asked again.

The boy sized up the pastor as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"

The pastor reached in his pocket and took out a ten dollar bill. He placed
it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.

The pastor picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the

alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot Setting the cage down, he
opened
the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting
them free.

Well, that explained the empty bird cage on the pulpit, and then the
pastor began to tell this story.

One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation. Satan had just come

from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and boasting. "Yes, sir, I
just
caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap, used bait I
knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"

"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.

Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry
and divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and
smoke and curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and
kill each other. I'm really gonna have fun!"

"And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked. "Oh, I'll
kill 'em," Satan glared proudly. "How much do you want for them?" Jesus
asked

"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take
them and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill
you.
You don't want those people!!"

"How much?" He asked again.

Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your blood, tears and your life."

Jesus said, "DONE!"

Then He paid the price.

The pastor picked up the cage he opened the door and he walked from the
pulpit.......