The burglar was creeping noiselessly through the darkened
home, filling his bag with valuables, when he heard a voice say,
"Jesus is watching you."
The burglar stopped. For a full minute he didn't dare
breathe.Finally, he switched on his flashlight and played it around
the room, but saw nothing. Convinced that it must have been his
imagination, he turned off the flashlight and continued in his quest
for
another man's wealth.
He was busily unhooking a stereo set when he again heard,
"Jesus is watching you." This time he nearly jumped out of his skin. He
switched the flashlight on again and the beam shook from his terror. He
looked around the room, and noticed a bird cage in the corner. There
was a
parrot in the cage.
"Are you the one talking to me?" said the burglar.
"Yes, I am," said the parrot.
"Why did you say 'Jesus is watching you?'" asked the man.
"Because I felt like you needed to be warned," replied the
parrot.
By this time, the man had recovered from his fright. He was
more than a little irritated at this smart-mouthed parrot that had
tried to scare the living daylights out of him.
"What's your name?" asked the burglar.
"Moses," the parrot said.
"Ha," the man guffawed. "What kind of people would name their
parrot'Moses'?"
"The same kind of people that would name their Rottweiler'Jesus'."