3/24 amos

Editor’s note: Amos is a church mouse, who types by hopping on the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift, and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes.

roving red s bible antics

last week boss we had a

celebrity of sorts visit the

fair environs of our

bugtussle community i

don t know if you ve ever

heard of roving red the

ant riddler he may not

have much of a following

in people society but he s

quite the hero to us

bible-thumping folks in

the church pew underworld

his reputation preceded

him boss we all expected

him to be such a saintly

mighty ant of god

roving red is without a

doubt the smartest bible

riddle ant in the world

riddle me anything about

the old or new testament

roving red boasted proudly

there s not a bible riddle i

can t handle

so we set up a bible

riddlers panel comprised

of the most knowledgeable

bible teachers in our

church pew community

as roving red headed

to the panel platform

little freddy flea hopped

happily up to him for his

autograph after all roving

red was his bible hero

out of my way kid says red

somewhat surly can t you see

i m in a hurry

poor little freddy was hurt

to the core but he perked

himself up and tried once more

i told you to go away kid

says red go play in traffic

or jump off a garbage can lid

so freddy trundled away as

the panelists started

riddling red at bay

at what time of day was

adam created asked ollie

the owl

that s easy says red he was

created a little before eve

the church pew crowd

hooted its approval while

red bowed and waved his

hand as an act of removal

how about this says sammy

salamander god made a bow

that no one can tie — what is it

it s a rainbow says red with

a hiss surely you guys can do

better than this

boss the panelists and the

crowd as well began to tire

of roving red s arrogance

in spite of his apparent

intelligence

then came the riddles

one right after the other

but red answered them

with hardly a bother

where does exodus come

before genesis asked felix the fly

in the dictionary came the reply

why couldn t jonah trust

the ocean

because he knew there was

something fishy about it

and on it went - nobody could

stump the great bible riddler

but boss when red left he

left in a rush to his next town

stepping on smaller animals and

stinging his way through the

bigger ones - let me tell ya boss

he was a big pain for a little guy

it just goes to show you boss

like the apostle paul wrote

in first corinthians thirteen

you can know all riddles and

have all kinds of bible knowledge

but it s all wasted if you don t

have love for one another - that s

what we all really need

amos