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"The
Littlest Angel"
~
author unknown ~
Once
there was a Golden Gatekeeper,
and
it was the end of a very busy day.
1427
new angels had been admitted into heaven.
1428
if you count the Littlest Angel.
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She
forgot her name, so everyone just called her that.
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The
Littlest Angel almost
didn't
make it into heaven
before
the Gatekeeper closed up.
She
needed to slide under the gate.
Once
registered, she found herself
lonely,
and homesick.
There
was nothing for a
little
angel to do in Heaven.
She
started amusing herself
by
being mischievous.
She
would do things like make noise where other angels were trying to
read,
spout
out knock-knock jokes every chance she got,
and
she even played around the
Artistic
Angel while he was painting.
She
wasn't trying to be bad,
she
just wanted to have some fun.
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Because
of this,
the
11 special angels sang
a
song about everything the
Littlest
Angel had done to them.
Partially
through,
they
stopped for
a
heavenly choir rehearsal.
The
Littlest Angel arrived late,
sang
the wrong notes,
interrupted
the song 3 times,
and
tried to leave in
the
middle of the rehearsal.
After
the choir rehearsal,
the
11 special angels continued their song,
during
which the
Littlest
Angel
entered,
played with their wings,
told
knock-knock jokes,
and
tried to fly.
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Everyone
decided something had to be done,
so
the Littlest Angel was sent to the
Angel
of the Peace.
On
her way she encountered the
Understanding
Angel who talked to her.
The
Littlest Angel promised to be good
if
she could have her little wooden box
from
under her bed at home on Earth.
Hoping
for the best,
the
Heavenly Messenger went
down
to Earth to get it.
After
this, the Littlest Angel's
behavior
drastically improved,
and
the 11 special angels changed their tune.
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Everything
seemed fine for a while,
but
then the Starry Scribe
announced
that a child
was
to be born in Bethlehem.
"He
is to be called Jesus,
and
will be king of all the Earth"
reported
the Starry Scribe.
All
the angels were to
make
gifts for the baby Jesus
according
to their skills
and
job in heaven.
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The
Littlest Angel sang a song,
and
decided that she would give
her
little wooden box to the baby Jesus.
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When
the other angels
entered
with their gifts,
the
Littlest Angel
was
ashamed of her gift,
and
tried to sneak it away,
but
God told her to stop, saying
"Of
all the gifts of all the angels,
this
one pleases me most.
Its
contents are of the Earth and of man,
and
my son is to be king of both.
The
angels then sang a song
celebrating
the birth of Christ.
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The
Littlest Angel was eventually promoted to
"First
Assistant to the Understanding Angel,"
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Later
the Gatekeeper received
an
angel at the gate that seemed very familiar.
A
Small Angel that was scared, lonely and homesick,
and
the Gatekeeper knew just where to send her.
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