Child prophet

“DID you know that Christmas is cancelled in Bethlehem this year because the Americans have taken over?,” my eight-year-old asked me the other day.

Fri, 20 Dec, 2002 - 00:00

I was about to point out to her that she was only half right, but then thought of the words of Jesus: “Out of the mouths of babes...”

Billy Fitzpatrick,

31, Ashfield Park,

Terenure,

Dublin 6.

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