Story three
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I have noticed that Angela and Bentley have this stripe down their backs so I asked mum what they were. She said that I had also had the same stripe down my back. She showed me a picture of myself so I could see. Boy am I handsome. No wonder Angela wants to be my girl. Mum often calls me the ‘cool looking dude’ and now I can see why. And yes I too have the same stripe.
I asked mum why we have this stripe so she sat down with Angela, Bentley and me and told us this story.
A long time ago a lady called Mary rode a donkey into a place called Bethlehem to give birth to a boy called Jesus. When Jesus grew older he was very special but he must have done something to upset people. They wanted to hurt him so they built a wooden cross which he had to carry up a big hill. A donkey tried to help Jesus but the people stopped him.
The people put Jesus on the cross and went away leaving the donkey still standing there. The donkey went up to Jesus to comfort him and stood behind the cross as the sun went down. A shadow from the cross fell across the donkey’s back. As a thank you to the donkey from God, who was the dad of Jesus, donkeys are now born with this shadow marking.
Isn’t that a very special story. I like this story. It means that donkeys are special.
Angela, Bentley and me talked a lot about Mary who was the mum of Jesus. She must have been a very special mum.
A few days later Mary came to see us. Yes, this is true. Mary in mum’s story had come to visit us.
Mary walked very slowly behind this seat thing with wheels. Mum said she was 94 years old. We were so excited.