Confessional

[annie]

As soon as she had finished convent school,
a bright young girl named Mary shook the dust
of Ireland off her shoes and made her way to
New York where, before long, she became a
successful performer in show business.

Eventually she returned to her home town for a
visit and on a Saturday night went to confession
in the church which she had always attended
as a child.

In the confessional Father Sullivan recognized
her and began asking her about her work. She
explained that she was an acrobatic dancer,
and he wanted to know what that meant.

She said she would be happy to show him the
kind of thing she did on stage.

She stepped out of the confessional and within
sight of Father Sullivan, she went into a series
of cartwheels, leaping splits, handsprings, and
backflips.

Kneeling near the confessional, waiting their
turn, were two middle-aged ladies. They
witnessed Mary's acrobatics with wide eyes,
and one said to the other, "Jaysus, Mary and
Joseph, will you just look at the penance
Father Sullivan is givin' out tonight, and me without me knickers on!"

[pamella]

had a chuckle

Pamella

[Rosalind]

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