THE CREATION OF NORTH DAKOTA
Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God
was missing for six days.
Eventually, Michael the Archangel found Him,
resting on the seventh day.
He inquired of God, "Where have You been?"
God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and
proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look Michael,
look what I've made!"
Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said,
"What is it?"
"It's a planet," replied God, and I've put life on it.
I'm going to call it Earth, and it's going to be a great place
of balance."
"Balance?" ,inquired Michael, still confused.
God explained, pointing to different parts of
Earth, "For example,
northern Europe will be a place of great
opportunity and wealth,
while southern Europe is going to be poor; the
Middle East over there will be a hot spot.
And over there I've placed a continent of white
people, while over here is
a continent of black people."
God continued, pointing to different countries.
"This one will be extremely hot and arid while
this one will be very cold and covered in ice."
The Archangel, impressed by God's work, then
pointed to a large
land mass and said, "What's that one?"
"Ah," said God. "That's North Dakota, the most
glorious place on earth.
There are beautiful lakes, rivers, sunsets and
rolling hills. The people from
North Dakota are going to be modest,
intelligent and humorous
and they are going to be found traveling the
world. They will be
extremely sociable, hard working and high
achieving, and they will be
known throughout the world as diplomats and
carriers of peace."
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but
then proclaimed, "What about
balance, God? You said there would be balance!"
God replied wisely, Wait until you see the
idiots I'm putting
around them in Montana, Minnesota and South
Dakota."
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