Little Lucy went out into the garden and saw her cat Tiddles lying on the 
ground with its eyes shut and its legs in the air. She fetched her Dad to look 
at Tiddles, and on seeing the cat he said, as gently as he could, "I'm afraid 
Tiddles is dead, Lucy".

"So why are his legs sticking up in the air like that, Daddy?" asked Lucy as 
she fought back the tears.

At a loss for something to say the father replied, "Tiddles' legs are pointing 
straight up in the air so that it will be easier for Jesus to float down from 
heaven above and grab a leg and lift Tiddles up to heaven".

Little Lucy seemed to take her Tiddles death quite well. However, two days 
later when her father came home from work Lucy had tears in her eyes and said:
"Mommy almost died this morning".

Fearing something terrible had happened the father shook the girl and shouted, 
"How do you mean Lucy? Tell Daddy! 

"Well", mumbled Lucy, "soon after you left for work this morning I saw mommy 
lying on the floor with her legs in the air and she was shouting,

"Oh Jesus!!! I'm coming, I'm coming!!!" and if it hadn't been for the milkman 
holding her down she would definitely have gone, Daddy".