A GRIZZLY CONVERSATION

A PRIEST, A MINISTER, AND A RABBI WANT

TO SEE WHO’S BEST AT HIS JOB.

SO THEY EACH GO INTO THE WOODS,

FIND A BEAR, AND ATTEMPT TO CONVERT IT.

LATER THEY GET TOGETHER.

THE PRIEST BEGINS: “WHEN I FOUND THE BEAR,

I READ TO HIM FROM THE CATECHISM AND

SPRINKLED HIM WITH HOLY WATER.

NEXT WEEK IS HIS FIRST COMMUNION.”

“I FOUND A BEAR BY THE STREAM,”

SAYS THE MINISTER,

“AND PREACHED GOD’S HOLY WORD.

THE BEAR WAS SO MESMERIZED

THAT HE LET ME BAPTIZE HIM.”

THEY BOTH LOOK DOWN AT THE RABBI,

WHO IS LYING ON A GURNEY IN A BODY CAST.

“LOOKING BACK,” HE SAYS,

“MAYBE I SHOULDN’T HAVE STARTED

WITH THE CIRCUMCISION.”