Man Vs. Parrot

A man was walking through town when he saw a young boy coming toward him swinging this birdcage.  On the bottom of the 

cage were three little wild birds, shivering with cold and fright. He stopped the lad and asked, "What you got there, son?"

"Just some old birds," came the reply.

"What are you gonna do with them?" the man asked.

"Take 'em home and have some fun with 'em," he answered.  "I'm gonna tease 'em and pull out their feathers to make 'em 

fight. I'm gonna have a real good time."

"But you'll get tired of those birds sooner or later.  What will you do then?"

"Oh, I got some cats," said the little boy. "They like birds. I'll take 'em to them."

The man was silent for a moment. "How much do you want for those birds, son?"

"Huh??!!!  Why, you don't want them birds, mister.  They're just plain old field birds. They don't sing-they ain't even pretty!"

"How much?" the man asked again.

The boy sized up the man as if he were crazy and said, "$10?"

The man reached in his pocket and took out a ten-dollar bill.  He placed it in the boy's hand. In a flash, the boy was gone.  

The man picked up the cage and gently carried it to the end of the alley where there was a tree and a grassy spot. Setting the 

cage down, he opened the door, and by softly tapping the bars persuaded the birds out, setting them free.

Well, that explained the empty birdcage on the platform, and then the man began to tell this story...

One day Satan and Jesus were having a conversation.  Satan had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating 

and boasting.  "Yes, sir, I just caught the world full of people down

there. Set me a trap, used bait I knew they couldn't

resist. Got 'em all!"

"What are you going to do with them?" Jesus asked.

Satan replied, "Oh, I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to divorce each other, how to hate and abuse each other, 

and how to depend on their addictions to comfort them.  I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and kill each 

other. I'm really gonna have fun!"

"And what will you do when you get done with them?" Jesus asked.

"Oh, I'll kill 'em," Satan glared proudly.

"How much do you want for them?" Jesus asked.

"Oh, you don't want those people. They ain't no good.  Why, you'll take them and they'll just hate you.  They'll spit on you, 

curse at you, and kill you!!  You don't want those people!!

"How much?" He asked again.

Satan looked at Jesus and sneered, "All your tears, and all your blood."

Jesus said, "DONE!" Then He paid the price.

The man picked up the cage, opened the door and walked off the platform.

Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell?   Isn't it funny how we 

believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says?  Isn't it funny how everyone wants to go to Heaven 

provided they do not have to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible says...  Or is it scary?  Isn't it funny how someone 

can say, "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God)?  Isn't it funny how the lewd, crude, 

vulgar and obscene pass freely through cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus is suppressed in the school and 

workplace?  Isn't it funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Sunday, but be an invisible Christian the rest of the 

week?

Isn’t it funny, or is it sad?