"Look, Johnny," he says, "your teacher was a good mate of Granddad's. If he asks how he's getting on, just tell him the Dear Lord has taken him up to Heaven."
As fate will have it, later in the day the teacher asks Little Johnny, "How's your granddad getting on? Haven't seen him for ages."
"The Dear Lord has taken him up to Heaven," says Johnny.
"The Dear Lord has taken him up to Heaven?" says the teacher. "Oh Johnny, I'm really sorry to hear that .. your Grandfather was a good friend of mine, and how did the good Lord take him son?"
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