Squirrel?

A pastor was giving the children's message during church. For this part of the
service, he would gather all the children around him and give a brief lesson
before dismissing them for children's church.


On this particular Sunday, he was using squirrels for an object lesson on
industry and preparation. He started out by saying, "I'm going to describe
something, and I want you to raise your hand when you know what it is."


The children nodded eagerly.


"This thing lives in trees (pause) and eats nuts (pause)" No hands went up. "
And it is gray (pause) and has a long bushy tail (pause)" The children were
looking at each other, but still no hands raised. "And it jumps from branch to
branch (pause) and chatters and flips its tail when it's excited (pause)"


Finally one little boy tentatively raised his hand. The pastor breathed a sigh
of relief and called on him. "Well," said the boy, "I know the answer must be
Jesus, but is sure sounds like a squirrel to me!"