A Prayer In The Woods

"The Bear"

Two young hikers were hiking through
Yellowstone National Park. They rounded
a curve and came face to face with a huge
grizzly bear with cubs about a hundred yards
away.

The bear charged. One of the hikers
immediately sat down, pulled his tennis
shoes out of his pack, and began putting
them on.

The other hiker said, " You're crazy!
You can't outrun that bear!"

The first fellow says, "I don't need to outrun
the bear. All I need to do is outrun *you*!"

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"A Prayer In The Woods"

In the middle of a forest, there was a hunter
who was suddenly confronted by a huge,
mean bear. In his fear, all attempts to shoot
the bear were unsuccessful. Finally, he turned
and ran as fast as he could.

The hunter ran and ran and ran, his lungs
burned for lack of oxygen, his heart pounding
so hard he felt like it would burst out of his chest.
Then suddenly, he ended up at the edge of a
very steep cliff. His hopes were dim. Seeing
no way out of his predicament, and with the
bear closing in rather quickly, the hunter got
down on his knees, opened his arms, and
exclaimed,

"Dear Lord! Please give this bear some
religion!"

The skies darkened, and there was
lightning in the air. Just a few feet short of
the hunter, the bear came to abrupt stop,
and glanced around, somewhat confused.

Suddenly, the bear looked up into the sky,
kneeled and said,

"Thank you, Lord, for this food I'm about
to receive...."
Received on Tue Aug 15 08:42:26 2006