A little Catholic
kid was praying as
hard as he could.
‘God,’ he prayed, ‘I really want a
car.’
Jumping up and dashing to the window, he saw that the driveway was

empty.
‘God,’ he prayed again, ‘I really NEED a car.’
Still no
answer to his prayers. Suddenly the kid stood up, ran into his

parents’ bedroom, and grabbed the statuette of the Virgin Mary off the

mantelpiece. He wrapped it up in ten layers of paper, using three rolls

of
tape and a spool of twine, then stuffed it inside a box at
the very
bottom
of his closet.
‘Okay, God,’ he said, getting
down onto his knees again, ‘if you
ever want
to see your
mother again…’