Deck of Cards

During world war II
a group of solders was on a long jurney
they arrived on a small town called casino
the next day being Sunday some of the boys went to church
after the preacher had read the prayers the text was taken up
The solders who had prayer books took them up
then one boy, a young private produce a deck of cards
and he spreads them up infront of them
The sargent in charge saw the cards and said solder!
put away those cards...
After the service, the solder was put under arrest and brought before the commanding officer
The C.O said sargent!. why you brought this Man here
for playing cards in church sir
the officer look at the solder and said
I hope you have an explanation. If not I will punish you more than any solder ever been punish
now what have you got to say
and so the boy began his story...
Sir, I have been on the march for six days
I had no Bible and a prayer book
but I have these cards
you see sir...
when I look at the AAs...
it remainds me there is but one God
when I see the dous it remainds me the Bible is divided into two parts
the old and the new testaments
when I see the tris I think of God the father, the Sun and the holy Gost
Sir, when I see the four I think of the four great deciples that preach the gosple
they ware Mattew, Mark, Luke and John
the five remainds me of the five wise virgins with theire lamps
Five ware wise and ware save
Five were folish and were cast out
when I see the six I know in six days God makes heaven and earth
and the seven brings to mind on the seventh day he rested and call it holy...
when I look at the Eight...
I think of the rightous persons God save when he distroyed this earth
they ware Noah, his wife, their three sons and their wives
when I see the nine, I think of the lappers our saviour cleans and nine of the ten didn't thanked
I look at the ten, and Ithink of the ten commamdment God give to moses on a table of stone
the king tells me once again there is only one king of heaven God almighty...
and the Queen, Our bleesed vergin Marry.
The Queen of heaven
the jargon name is the devil
when I count the numbers sport on my deck of cards I found 365 the number of days in a year
there are 52 cards, the number of weeks in a year.
there are 4 suits... the number of weeks in a month
and there are 12 picture cards the number of months in a year
So you see sir, my deck of cards has served me as a Bible and a prayer book
The charge against the solder was dismised...
Folks this is a true story because I knew