A Prayer

There was this little boy who went to a Catholic school in Michigan. One day at school he went to a nun and said, “I would like to have a brand red bicycle.”

The nun said, “Before you go to bed tonight, when you get on you knees, ask God if you can have a brand new red bicycle.”

So that night the little boy got on his knees and said, “God, if you will give me a brand new bicycle I will be good for 6 months. Amen.”

He got into bed and thought to himself, “Man, there is no way I can be good for 6 months!”

So he got back on his knees and said, “God, I will be good for 6 weeks if you will get me a new red bicycle.”

Then he got back in bed and thought to himself, “There is no way I can be good for 6 whole weeks!”

So he got back on his knees and said, “Okay God, I will be good for 6 days if you will just get me a brand new red bicycle!”

Well, he got back in bed and laid there for several minutes, thinking. Then he looked put the window and saw the statue of the Virgin Mary in his backyard. He got up took his sheets off the bed, walked outside to the statue, put his sheets around it, walked back inside, and then put the statue under his bed.

He said, “Okay, God, if you ever want to see your mother again, you will get me a brand new red bicycle.”