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A NUN DIED AND WENT TO HEAVEN. WHEN SHE ARRIVED, ST.
PETER TOLD HER THAT SHE COULD HAVE ANY WISH THAT SHE
WANTED. SHE SAID THAT SHE WANTED TO GO BACK TO EARTH.
ST. PETER SAID THAT IT WAS OK, BUT SHE WOULD HAVE TO
CALL BACK THREE TIMES. THIS WAS AGREEABLE TO HER, SO
SHE RETURNED TO EARTH. THE FIRST DAY BACK, SHE CALLED
HEAVEN AND SAID, "ST. PETER? THIS IS SISTER PATRICIA."
ST. PETER SAID, "WELL, SISTER, WHAT DID YOU DO TODAY?"
SHE REPLIED, "OH, I HAD THREE HIGHBALLS." THE SECOND
DAY SHE CALLED AND SAID, "ST. PETER? THIS IS SISTER
PATRICIA." ST. PETER ASKED HER WHAT SHE HAD DONE
THAT DAY AND SHE SAID, "OH, I SMOKED THREE CIGARETTES."
THE THIRD DAY SHE CALLED, IT WAS "HELLO PETE? THIS IS
PAT. I'M NOT COMING BACK. TELL GOD, OK?"

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Woman

Date learned: 05-10-1965

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