Once a little boy of five was left alone with his father at bedtime. It had
never happened before.
After some maneuvering and a lot of fun, the father finally got the little
fellow into his night clothes and was about to lift him into bed when the
child said, “But, Daddy, I have to say my prayers.”
So he knelt down beside the bed, folded his hands, raised his eyes to
heaven, and prayed the usual “Now I lay me down to sleep.” But tonight he
took another look at his Dad, then continued to pray, “And, dear God, make
me a great big good man like my daddy. Amen.”
In a moment he was in bed and within five minutes, asleep. Then the father
knelt by his son’s bedside and prayed, “Dear Lord, make me a great big good
man, like my boy thinks I am.”
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