From: Roy McNeill
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One night, a father overheard his son saying his prayers.

"God bless Mum," prayed the boy, "and bless Dad and Gran
also. But goodbye Grandad and rest in peace." The father
thought the last bit of his prayer was strange, but soon
forgot about it. The next day, the grandfather died.

About a month later, the father again overheard his son's
prayers.

"God bless Mum and Dad," the boy prayed. "But goodbye Grandma
and rest in peace."

The next day, the grandmother died. The father began to worry
about the situation. Two weeks later, the father again heard
his son praying.

"God bless Mum," the boy prayed. "But, goodbye Dad and rest
in peace."

This alone almost gave him a heart attack, so the next morning,
without saying a thing, the father got up early and went to
work. He stayed in his office all day.

Finally, after midnight, he went home. "I'm still alive!" he
congratulated himself. He crawled into bed with his wife and
apologised for being late.

"I had a really bad day," he moaned.

"You had a bad day?" his missus yelled. "The postman dropped
dead on our veranda this morning!"


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