happened. Finally he decided to write God a letter requesting the Rs.50.

When the postal authorities received the letter addressed to God, INDIA,

they decided to forward it to the President of India as a joke.

The President was so amused, that he instructed his secretary to send

the little boy Rs.20. The President thought this would appear to be a

lot of money to a little boy, and he did not want to spoil the kid. The

little boy was delighted with Rs.20, and decided to write a thank you

note to God, which read:

"Dear God: Thank you very much for sending the money.

However, I noticed that you sent it through the Rashtrapati Bhavan

in New Delhi, and those donkeys deducted Rs.30 in taxes ..."