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THE COVENANT

IAM THAT I AM!" the Burning Bush said to Moses ."No, no. You are what you eat," said Moses. "I believe that's the way it goes."

"Fool!! Do you know who I am? "

"Yes. You just told me. You are who you are.""No! I am THAT I am. That! That! ... I AM THAT I AM ."

"You is what you is? That doesn't sound right to me."

"Oaf! Why would I make a covenant with such as thee?"

"Well, that's a two way street, you know. Why would I make a covenant with a bush ... and a bush that can't even talk good English? Think about it. "

"Have you ever had a plague of locusts, boils, droughts, floods , and fire descend on you? Think about THAT you moron! "

"Well, you don't have to get so high and mighty."

"I AM high and mighty, you dickhead! Don't you get

"That's it, Goddam it. I'm not going to take this kind of verbal abuse any more."

"God damn it? Did you say God damn it?! You're not going to take this abuse, you say!! You just used my name in vain. You think this is abuse!? Schmuck. Check back with me in about 6,000 years and then talk to me about abuse.