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Message: <blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 374441" data-attributes="member: 1246">A Man and His Dog A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying thescenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembereddying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. Hewondered where the road was leading them.After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of theroad. It looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was brokenby a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before ithe saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like Mother of Pearl, andthe street that led to the gate looked like pure gold.He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a manat a desk to one side. When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me,where are we?""This is Heaven, sir," the man answered."Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked."Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought rightup." The man gestured, and the gate began to open."Can my friend," gesturing toward his dog, "come in, too?" the travelerasked."I'm sorry sir, but we don't accept pets."The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continuedthe way he had been going with his dog.After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to adirt road which led through a farm gate that looked as if it had never beenclosed. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside,leaning against a tree and reading a book."Excuse me!" he called to the reader. "Do you have any water?""Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there". The man pointed to a place thatcouldn't be seen from outside the gate. "Come on in.""How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the dog."There should be a bowl by the pump." They went through the gate, and sureenough, there was an old fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it.The traveler filled the bowl and took a long drink himself, and then he gavesome to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward theman who was standing by the tree waiting for them. "What do you call thisplace?" the traveler asked."This is Heaven," he answered."Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down the road saidthat was Heaven, too.""Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That'sHell.""Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?""No. I can see how you might think so, but we're just happy that theyscreen out the folks who'll leave their best friends behind."</blockquote>

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