And the answer is....

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>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 grey (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 is Jesus...but is sure sounds like a squirrel to me!"

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