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Introduction 7 How to choose and use illustrations 9 A Candle in the Darkness 17 A Case of Mistaken Identity 19 A Diet for Losers 21 A Million Frogs 23 A Picture of God 24 A Stranger at the Door 25 A Vision of Jesus 27 A Visit from Space 28 All-Points Bulletin 30 Alligators in Your Pond 31 The Animal School 33 The Antique Vase 35 Are You God? 36 Bad Luck, Good Luck 38 The Balloon Man 39 The Beggar's Rags 42 Blackout! 44 The Bridge Operator 46 The Burning Hut 47 But Is He Safe? 48 The Call of the Barnyard 49 Chippie's Bad Day 51 The Dead Cat 52 Desert Pete 54 The Devil's Triangle 56 The Emperor's Seeds 58 The Empty Chair 61 The Evangelist and the Post Offi ce 63 Excuse Me" or Forgive Me"? 64 The Face on the Puzzle 66 Fake Christians 68 Fishing Eagles 69 G.I. Life Insurance 70 Get Off My Back 72 Good Grief! 73 Grab a What? 74 Grandma's Gift 75 Great Answers but No Help 78 Great Babies 79 The Great Dane and the Alligator 80 Haven't I Smelled You Somewhere Before? 82 Help Is on the Way 84 The Horse Trader 86 How Embarrassing! 88 I Ain't Lost 90 Inside the Fence 91 Jesus' Family Tree 92 Jimmy and the Genie 95 Jump! 97 Just a Hyphen 98 The Keeper of the Spring 99 The King's Driver 101 The Lantern 103 Life Inside the Womb 104 Armed for Salvation 106 The Logic Exam 107 Lost and Found 108 Love and the Cabbie 109 Make Me like Joe 112 Medical Terms You Need to Know 114 Melody in F 116 The Mice in the Piano 117 The Milkman's Gift 118 The Mud Flats 119 The Native American and the Cricket 121 The Native American and the Rattlesnake 123 The New Gorilla 125 Nobel's Legacy 127 Not-So-Identical Twins 129 One More Year 131 The Orphan Girl 132 The Painting in the Warehouse 134 Palm Monday 136 TABLE OF CONTENTS 6 Phamous Phobias 137 The President and the Little Boy 138 The Puppy Nobody Wanted 140 The Quaker and the Atheist 142 Rats in the Tub 143 The Reasonable Hunter 144 The Roadkill Grill 145 The Roar of the Crowd 146 Sarge 147 Save the Starfi sh 149 The Seagull 151 Pinhole Glasses 153 Squirt Squirt 154 Smart Hopis 156 Stephen's Egg 157 Tear it Down 158 Too Helpful 159 Too Much Prayer? 161 True or False? 162 Two Scoops of Anti-Freeze, Lice-Killer with Chocolate Sauce! 164 Unbaptized Arms 166 What Will My Reward Be? 168 When Nothing Goes Right 170 Who, Me? 171 Wolves o' Plenty 173 You Know the Psalm 174 The Zurka Bird 176 Index to topics 178 Index of contributors 184