A black hearse was
followed by a second black hearse about 50 feet behind the first one. Behind
the second hearse was a solitary Italian man walking a dog on a leash.
Behind him, a short
distance back, were about 200 men walking single file.
The man couldn't stand the curiosity. He respectfully
approached the Italian man walking the dog and said: "I am so sorry for your loss, and this may be a bad
time to disturb you, but I've never seen an Italian funeral like this. Whose
funeral is it?"
"My wife's."
''What happened to her?"
"She yelled at me and my dog attacked and killed
her."
He inquired further, "But who is in the second
hearse?"
The Italian man answered, "My mother-in-law. She was
trying to help my wife when the dog turned on her." A very poignant and touching moment of Jewish and Italian
brotherhood and silence passed between the two men..
The Jewish man then asked "Can I borrow the dog?"
The Italian man replied, "Get in line."