A Small Wager
"Would you consider a small wager?"
"You know you will always lose - why bother?"
"It amuses me. Well?"
"What had you in mind this time?"
"Mingle with your people. Speak to them, face to face. I bet more will follow my ways than yours in the end."
On his way back home he laughed fit to explode. His gambling partner could never resist a challenge.
"Well that will ensure a few more millenia of torture, cruelty, abuse and intolerance."
"Roll on the first Christmas," said Satan (toying with an anagram) as he settled himself before a nice roaring fire.
© 2002 Hal Westhead
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