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In a certain suburban neighborhood, there were two brothers,
8 and 10 years The mother went to the priest and made her request. He
agreed, but said he The priest sat the boy down across a huge, impressive desk
he sat behind. The boy looked under the desk, in the corners of the room,
all around, but Again, louder, the priest pointed at the boy and asked,
"Where is God?" Again the boy looked all around but said nothing. A third
time, in a louder, The boy panicked and ran all the way home. Finding his older
brother, he The older boy asked, "What do you mean, BIIIIG
trouble?" His brother replied, "God is missing and they think we
did it."
old, who were exceedingly mischievous. Whatever went wrong in the
neighborhood, it turned out they had a hand in it.
Their parents were at their wits' end trying to control them. Hearing about
a priest nearby who worked with delinquent boys, the mother suggested to the
father that they ask the priest to talk with the
boys. The father replied, "Sure, do that before I kill them!"
wanted to see the younger boy first and alone. So the mother sent him to the
priest.
For about five minutes they just sat and stared at each other. Finally, the
priest pointed his forefinger at the boy and asked,
"Where is God?"
said nothing.
firmer voice, the priest leaned far across the desk and put his forefinger
almost to the boy's nose, and asked, "Where is God?"
dragged him upstairs to their room and into the closet, where they usually
plotted their mischief. He finally said, "We are in BIIIIG
trouble."