A Dog Goes To Heaven
"An ancient problem never solved until this moment.
Did Jesus have a dog with him
during the 40 days in the wilderness?
Yes. In the village the dog was called Cain
in jest. He would eat anything he could get
in his mouth. He would try to make love to chickens
to the laughter of the children who threw stones
at him. a great sin to throw stones at poor
stray dogs. So when Jesus left the village
with a loaf of bread and a bedroll
Cain followed and Jesus didn't have the heart
to yell "Go away" to the woe-begotton Cain
So Cain trailed happily along and at the end
of the first hot day he stopped
He turned left and waited for Jesus to follow
Cain led the way down a gorge to a spring he knew
The spring emerged from a tiny cave in the cliff
Cain and Jesus drank deeply and he filled his container
Then they bathed in the cool water. At twilight they
were next to the north shore of the sea of Galilee.
Jesus caught a fine fish with a hook and line he had packed
cooking it on a flat rock where they had built a fire.
He picked a bone out of the dog's gum. A few years later
he told Cain to stay at home because he had to be crucified
in Jerusalem. He actually put Cain in the tomb
with a chunk of camel meat and said he'd come back to get
him. On the third day Jesus's tomb was empty.
Cain had been invited along for the resurrection ride
-Jim Harrison- from-Dead Mans Float
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