Who gets the dog?

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*Who Gets The Dog?*

 

Hare Krishna.

 

A Swami was walking down the street when he came upon a group of

about a dozen boys, all of them between 10 and 12 years of age.

 

The group surrounded a dog. Concerned the boys were hurting the dog, he

went over and asked, "What are you doing with that dog?"

 

One of the boys replied, "This dog is just an old neighborhood stray. We

all want him, but only one of us can take him home. So we've decided

that whichever one of us can tell the biggest lie will get to keep the

dog."

 

The swami was taken aback. "You boys shouldn't be having a contest

telling lies!" he exclaimed. He then launched into a 10-minute class

against lying, beginning, "Don't you boys know it's a offense to lie?"

and ending with, "Why, when I was your age, I never told a lie."

 

There was dead silence for about a minute. Just as the Maharaja was

beginning to think he'd gotten through to them, the smallest boy gave a

deep sigh and said, "All right, give him the dog."

 

Hare Krishna --

 

your servant, Balarama Dasa