Jesus
is watching you
The burglar was creeping through the darkened home, filling his bag with
various valuables. As he reached his hand out to a box of jewelry, he heard a
voice say, "Jesus is watching you." Shaken, the burglar stopped. For a full
minute he didn't dare breathe. Finally, he switched on his flashlight and
carefully played it around the room, but saw nothing. He turned it off and was
unhooking a stereo when again he heard, "Jesus is watching you." This time he
nearly jumped out of his skin. Beads of sweat popped out on his face, and as he
switched on the light again, the beam shook violently from his terror. He looked
about the room, and noticed a birdcage in the corner, with a parrot in the cage.
"Are you the one that spoke to me just now?" asked the burglar. "Yes, I
am," said the parrot. "Why did you say 'Jesus is watching you?'" asked the man.
"Because I felt like you needed to be warned," replied the parrot.
By this time, the man was over his fright and was more than a little
irritated at this smart-mouthed parrot that had tried to scare the living
daylights out of him. "What's your name?" asked the burglar. "Moses," the parrot
said. "Ha," the man guffaw'. "What kind of people would name their parrot
Moses?" The parrot replied, "The same kind of people that would name their
Rottweiler 'Jesus'."