Sammy prayed every night for two weeks, asking God for ＄100.

　　When he got no response, he thought it would be a good idea to write to God and see if that worked.

　　The post office received the letter addressed to “God, Los Angeles.” They decided that it would be best to just forward the letter to the mayor. The mayor read the letter and thought it was cute, so he asked his secretary to send the boy ＄10, thinking the boy would think that was a lot of money for a little boy.

　　When Sammy got the money, he was so excited that he sat down immediately to write a thank-you letter.

　　“Dear God,” he wrote, “Thank you very much for the money you sent. I guess it is to be expected but I thought you should know this: When you sent it through City Hall, the government deducted ＄90.”

　　两周以来萨米每天都祷告，让上帝给他100美元。因为没得到反应，他想给上帝写一封信是个好主意，看看是否奏效。

　　邮局的人看到信上写的地址是“洛杉矶，上帝收”。他们决定最好把信交给市长。市长看了信觉得写信人很可爱，于是让他的秘书给男孩寄了10美元。心想对一个男孩来说，10美元也不少了。

　　萨米收到钱的时候，非常激动，立刻坐下来写感谢信。

　　“亲爱的上帝，”他写道：“感谢你给我寄来的钱。我想这正是我期待的，但是我想你应该知道：当你寄来的钱通过市政厅的时候，政府扣除了90美元。”