A little boy wanted Rs.50 very badly and prayed for
weeks, but nothing
happened. Finally he decided to write God a letter
requesting the Rs.50.
When the postal authorities received the letter
addressed to God,
they decided to forward it to the President as a joke.
The President was so amused, that he instructed his
secretary to send
the little boy Rs.20 . The President thought this would
appear to be a
lot of money to a little boy, and he did not want to
spoil the kid. The
little boy was delighted with Rs.20 , and decided to
write a thank you
note to God, which read:
“Dear God: Thank you very much for sending the money.
However, I noticed
that you sent it through the Government officials, and those
donkeys deducted Rs.30 in taxes …”