Fishing

Fishing

Howard County Sheriff Jerry Marr got a

disturbing call one Saturday afternoon a

few months ago. His 6-year-old grandson

Mikey had been hit by a car while fishing in

Greentown with his dad. The father and

son were near a bridge by the Kokomo

Reservoir when a woman lost control of her

car, slid off the bridge and hit Mikey at a rate

of about 50 mph.

Sheriff Marr had seen the results of accidents

like this and feared the worst. When he got

to Saint Joseph Hospital, he rushed through

the emergency room to find Mikey conscious

and in fairly good spirits considering what had

happened to him.

"Mikey, what happened?" Sheriff Marr asked.

Mikey replied, "Well, Papaw, I was fishin' with

Dad, and some lady runned me over, I flew into

a mud puddle, and broke my fishin' pole and I

didn't get to catch no fish!"

As it turned out, the impact propelled Mikey

about 500 feet, over a few trees and an

embankment and in the middle of a mud

puddle. His only injuries were to his right

femur bone which had broken in two places.

Mikey had surgery to place pins in his leg.

Otherwise the boy is fine.

Since all the boy could talk about was that his

fishing pole was broken, the Sheriff went out

to Wal-Mart and bought him a new one while

he was in surgery so he could have it when he

came out.

The next day the Sheriff sat with Mikey to keep

him company in the hospital. Mikey was enjoying

his new fishing pole and talked about when he

could go fishing again as he cast into the trash can.

When they were alone, Mikey, just a matter-of-fact,

said, "Papaw, did you know Jesus is real?"

"Well," the Sheriff replied, a little startled.

"Yes, Jesus is real to all who believe in him

and love him in their hearts."

"No," said Mikey. "I mean Jesus is REALLY real."

"What do you mean?" asked the Sheriff.

"I know he's real 'cause I saw him." said Mikey,

still casting into the trash can.

"You did?" said the Sheriff.

"Yep," said Mikey. "When that lady runned me

over and broke my fishing pole, Jesus caught me

in his arms and laid me down in the mud puddle."

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