The Burglar And The Parrot

[Ron19]

A burglar broke into a house one night. He was shining his flashlight around, looking for valuables, when a voice in the dark said, “Jesus knows you're here.”

He nearly jumped out of his skin. He quickly turned his flashlight off, and froze.

When he heard nothing more, after a bit, he shook his head and continued with the robbery.

Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the wires, clear as a bell

he heard “Jesus is watching you.”

Freaked out, he shone his light around frantically looking for the source of the voice.

Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot.

“Did you say that?” he hissed at the parrot.

“Yep”, the parrot confessed, then squawked, “I'm just trying to warn you that he is

watching you.”

The burglar relaxed. “Warn me, huh? Who in the world are you ?”

“Moses,” replied the bird.

“Moses?” the burglar laughed. “What kind of people would name a bird Moses?”

“The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus