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Buy Me A Car

A young boy who just turned 16 asked his father to buy him a car.

"Dad, buy me a car!" the young boy said. "Oh, you want a car do you?" said the father. "Well, there are three things you have to do before I buy you a car."

"The first is, bring your grades up in school. The second is, get a haircut. And, the third is, read a little of the Bible each day!"

The boy went up stairs very distraught. He wasn't interested in school, he didn't want a haircut and he certainly didn't want to read the Bible.

He thought for a while and finally decided to read a little of the Bible. After some time he came rushing down stairs calling his father. "Dad, Dad, I just found out, Jesus had long hair!" "Yes," his father said, "And He walked everywhere, didn't He?"