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The Lighter Side

A  nurse on the pediatric ward, before listening to the  little ones' chests, would plug the stethoscope into  their ears and let them listen to their own heart. Their  eyes would always light up with awe, but she never got a  response equal to four-year old David's comment. Gently  she tucked the stethoscope into his ears and placed the disk over his heart. 'Listen', she said...'What do you  suppose that is?' He drew his eyebrows together in a  puzzled line and looked up as if lost in the mystery of  the strange tap - tap - tapping deep in his chest. Then  his face broke out in a wondrous grin and he  asked,

         'Is that Jesus knocking?'