About a century or two ago, the Pope decided that all
the Indians had to leave from a certain area.
Naturally there was a big uproar from the Indian
community. So the Pope made a deal. He would have a
debate with a member of the Indian community. If the
Indian won, the Indians could stay. If the Pope won,
the Indians would leave. The Indians realized that
they had no choice. So they picked a wise, yet humble
man named Howling Wolf to represent them. Howling Wolf
asked for one addition to the debate. To make it more
interesting, neither side would be allowed to talk.
The Pope agreed.

The day of the great debate came. Howling Wolf and the
Pope sat opposite each other for a full minute before
the Pope raised his hand and showed three fingers.
Howling Wolf looked back at him and raised one finger.


The Pope waved his fingers in a circle around his
head. Howling Wolf pointed to the ground where he sat.

The Pope pulled out a wafer and a glass of wine.
Howling Wolf pulled out an apple.

The Pope stood up and said, "I give up. This man is
too good. The Indians can stay."

An hour later, the cardinals were all around the Pope
asking him what had happened. The Pope said, "First I
held up three fingers to represent the trinity. He
responded by holding up one finger to remind me that
there was still one God common to all religions. Then
I waved my finger around me to show him that God was
all around us. He responded by pointing to the ground
and showing that God was also right here with us. I
pulled out the wine and wafer to show that God
absolves us from our sins. He pulled out an apple to
remind me of original sin. He had an answer for
everything. What could I do?

Meanwhile, the Indian community had crowded around
Howling Wolf. "What happened?" they asked. "Well,"
said Howling Wolf. "First he said to me that the
Indians had three days to get out of here. I told him
that not one of us was leaving. Then he told me that
this whole community would be cleared of Indians. I
let him know that we were staying right here."

"Yes, yes, and then???" asked the crowd.

"I don't know," said Howling Wolf. "He took out his
lunch, and I took out mine!"

that is freakin hillarious!!! Definately passing that around the Rez!!

loved that!!!

Enjoyable reading.

lol....hilarious