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Book 28 Page 22
An almighty cry for help
And the cry went out.
“Lord! lord! I could do with a little help.”
And the Christian god replied.
“I’ve sent you my only son, what more do you want!?”
And the cry went out.
“Lord! lord! I could do with a little help.”
And the Buddha replied.
“You’ve got to make your own way; you’ve got to help yourself.”
And the cry went out.
“Lord! lord! I could do with a little help.”
And the Jewish god replied
in millions and billions of words which basically said,
“The promised land is coming.”
And the cry went out.
“Lord! lord! I could do with a little help,”
said the atheist in a moment of utter despair.
And there was no reply for a while, but then the words came;
“Yes how would you like me to help?”
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