[Faith-talk] FW: [masterslist] the snake and the rabbit (joke)

[Eric Calhoun]

Okay, this one, I got a chuckle out of this one.


Original Message: 
From: "Allan Thompson" <allan1.thompson at cox.net>
To: <masterslist at yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [masterslist] the snake and the rabbit (joke)
Date: 
Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:34:03 -0400

One day a snake was curled up on a rock in the middle of a field and was
snoozing happily.  Suddenly, a loud crash was heard and the snake saw a
rabbit come  clodding thru the grasses. 
The snake said angrily to the rabbit, "Look at yourself with those big
huge feet! Your making enough noise to wake everything up  all over the
clearing!"
The rabbit looked at the snake and knew he was in danger. For snakes love
to eat rabbits. 
"I am sorry mister snake, I didn't realize you were there."
"No matter said the snake,"I am going to eat you now."
The rabbit thought quickly  for he knew he was in serious trouble.
"I  understand  of course, that you are going to eat me but it is a shame
since I am so perfect."
The snake bristled at this. A rabbit? Perfect? Impossible!
"You are not perfect", said the snake," for that is what I am."
The rabbit nodded sympathetically as one would nod to a child who
suddenly said they could fly  to the moon on a paper airplane.
This made the snake mad.
"What makes you so perfect? You have  all that fur which collects burrs
and ticks. You got a ridiculous cottonball tail which doesn't do anything.
You have big long ears that are always getting caught on  tree branches and
bushes and you have big huge feet that rattle the ground keeping everyone
awake. Your nose is always twitchy and those whiskers make you look simply
silly. In fact, everything about you is silly and ludicrous so I cannot
imagine how you could call yourself perfect"
The rabbit sighed and shrugged like the snake presented no real evidence
to the contrary.
"Well, if you don't believe me ", said the snake, " then look at the
perfection of my own body. I am strong to climb trees, I can smell with my
tongue which is right and proper, I have no limbs to break or get stuck in
things, I have no fur that  attracts fleas, I have no ears that get
scratched by anything nor do I have big giant feet that tells everyone I am
coming. I'm slick, i'm fast, and I'm perfect in every way and far superior
to you."
"Well,"said the rabbit, "If you think so."
"Everyone thinks so!" retorted the snake getting really angry now.
"Well, if that is the case, then why not let a human decide on who is
perfect. We will stand here side by side and see which animal he likes the
best."
The snake thought about this, forgetting all about eating the rabbit. It
thought long and hard and realized that the rabbit, despite it's slow,
small mammal dim witted  brain had a point. Let the human decide which
animal is best, which the snake knew would be itself, and then the man
might be so  amazed at the snakes perfection that he will  catch the rabbit
and give it to the snake to eat for a reward!
"I agree, mister rabbit, we will let the human decide."
The snake and the rabbit then heard the man coming close and so they
positioned themselves next to each other to see what the human will do.
Suddenly the man appeared and took one look at the two of them, sitting
side by side. Immediatly the man screamed!
"Ugh! a snake!"
He then quickly picked up the rabbit to protect it and then took his boot
heel and stomped on the snakes head and killed it without a second thought.
He then looked over the bunny to make sure the rabbit was not hurt by the
snake. He  sighed in relief when he found no damage and hugged the bunny to
 himself and walked off to feed it carrots and lettuce.

The moral of the story? 
First: The meek will inherit the earth.
second: God resists the proud, but lifts up the humble
third: Judge not lest you be judged
fourth: Never get into a beuty contest against a bunny ...especially if
your a snake.
al 

"The truth will make you free"
Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33AD