[WP] The gatekeeper between hell and heaven sees many applications daily to transfer from the former into the latter. Today, for the first time, he saw someone wanting to go the other way.

Another day on the job and i still cant stand it, i cant stand to stare through that fence and unto a population deemed "unworthy" by god. The worst part of it is the screams useally in the form of "ass" or "what makes them better then us" they dont even stop to think that im just doing my job a messenger as it may, only one of a thousand i can let past into this pardise.

One after the other come walking up stairs and one after the other i have to reject, this morning something was different i cant explain it but i was more on edge then usall, their are two lines up the stairs one for the recently deceased (line a) and one for the poor souls comming from hell begging to be let in (line b),on afternoon a small boy comes up from line a he comes to me clueless and politly asks where he is, i put on a smile and responds "well son this is the gates of heaven" his eyes light up "how do i get in?" I stand up looking to his pocket "that wee file in your pocket if you pass it to me ill have a look and let you right in" he reachs for the paper and starts to hand it to me befor pausing.

"Whats wrong" i ask, "granpa

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