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19. A Man Tries To Sell a God
One day a clever craftsman carved
A god and brought him to the mall,
Hermes it was, a work of art,
But no one seemed to care at all
Upset, the man stood on a box
And shouted loud to make his
pitch,
Wise Friends! This god is full of power,
A power that can make you rich!
Hold on!
remarked a passer-by
Why sell him if he answers prayer?
Use him yourself if that god be
As powerful as you declare!
He answered:
He has power, of course,
Or Holy Hermes he'd not be!
And then his voice dropped to a
hush:
He's just a bit too slow for
me.
MORAL: Humans prefer gods of their own making.
from the book Praying Your Story and the forthcoming book Aesop's Best: 80 Fables in Verse by William Cleary
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