Bobby father got laid off...

Bobby wants a ten speed bike for Christmas so Bobby goes and tells his mother.

His mother says "Oh, Bobby, things have been hard since your father got laid off, I don't think we can afford it, but if you pray really hard, maybe there will be a way. But there really isn't any way we can afford it."

So, Bobby goes to his room and sits down to write a letter to God. "Dear God, if you make sure I get my ten speed bike for Christmas, I will do the dishes every night, do my homework every day, take the garbage out, and go to the store every time my mother asks me." He rereads the letter over and thinks to himself "Gosh, that's way too much work!" So Bobby writes another letter to God: "Dear God, if you make sure I get my ten speed bike for Christmas, I will do the dishes three times a week and do my homework all the time." Bobby rereads the letter again and thinks, "That's still too much work." Bobby gets really upset as he tries to think of a way he can get his bike without doing all this work, and suddenly he gets an idea. All excited, Bobby runs down to the living room where his mother has set up a nativity set and he takes the baby Jesus out of the manger, wraps it really lovingly in a cloth and takes him up to his room.

Bobby then sits down and writes a letter to God "Dear God, if you ever want to see your son again..."