Ansoor

1. It was a rainy Saturday afternoon on the Isle of Man.
2. The people were bored for it had been raining all day
3. and they wanted to go out and enjoy themselves.
4. At the Chruinnaght they were about to move from the park to the tent
5. and the Marown fayre committee were telephoning Ronaldsway.
6. Up in heaven a team of Angels were busy filling and pouring out their watering cans.
7. Their orders were to hide in their clouds of glory
8. and to rain on the Isle of Man.
9. They were bored with their task as well, but orders were orders.
10. and the Manx plants needed the rain to grow.
11. On the ground the vicar of Marown and two of his committee went to
12. the church to pray for sunshine.
13. In heaven the angels heard the prayers.
14. One angel called Gabriel Crellin stopped raining
15. for he had once been on the Marown Fayre committee himself,
16. but all of his colleagues took no notice of him.
17. It was more than their jobs were worth to answer prayers.
18. The prayer answering department normally worked Monday to Friday
19. and the weekend angels were too busy to listen to non emergencies.
20. In Ramsey David Fisher was talking with some wet Welsh dancers.
21. It never rains like this in Wales, said one of them.
22. David did not believe him for David had stayed in Wales before.
23. Then he had an idea and he ran to the phone box.
24. "Good afternoon Bishop, said David, we need your help.
25. Please pray for good weather for our display this afternoon."
26. The Bishop went to his chapel and he prayed
27. On God's desk the red phone rang.
28. God opened his window and shouted down to the cloud.
29. The angels stopped raining immediately and started praising God.
30. On the ground the sun appeared in a blue sky and
31. the Welsh dancers stopped complaining and started dancing
32. The Vicar of Marown wrote a sermon about friends in high places.



1. Cha dug monney lhongyn shilley er Ellan Vanin 'sy vlein shey keead jeig as daeed.
2. Hug yn shee shoh caa da ny mraane marrey cur shilley er y traie.
3. veagh ad nyn soie er y traie, kerey nyn volt oieghyn rehollys.
4. Traa honnick ad peaigh erbee yinnagh ad lheimmey stiagh 'sy cheayn as snaue ersooyl.
5. V'ad fakinit ec kuse dy leih va cummal rish y traie.
6. Ren daa ghooinney leeinyn ass coyrd lajer as laiy ad adsyn er y traie.
7. Hannee ad ass shilley rish ben varrey dy heet rish.
8. Lurg oor ny ghaa haink ben varrey as hoie ee sheese er y leein.
9. Hayrn ny deiney ny coyrdyn as v'ee goit.
10. Doshil ad nyn leein as jeeagh ad er nyn mondagh.
11. Cha row ny deiney er n'akin rieau red erbee ny saaley
12. Erskyn e bouin v'ee gollrish slane ben aeg.
13. agh fo e bouin v'ee slane eeast, lesh friogganyn as famman liauyr.
14. V'ee ymmyrkit dys thie faggys da'n boayl shen as va bee as jough currit jee.
15. Ga dy row yn bee mie cha jinnagh ee gee ny giu, ny loayr.
16. Va fys ec ny deiney dy voddagh ee loayr, er y fa dy row ad er chlashtyn ee er y traie.
17. Darree ee trostey rish tree laaghyn
18. as haink yn chingys ry akin urree as v'ee goaill toshiaght jeeaghyn myr va'n chingys urree.
19. Va ny deiney fo aggle roish eiyrtys agglagh myr vowys ee baase.
20. Myr shen, er y trass oie, lhig ad ee goll er ash dys y cheayn.
21. 'sy cheayn, hug ymmoddee sleih marrey failt urree.
22. Dennee ad cre red va ny sleih thallooin gollrish.
23. Dooyrt ee dy row ad feer almoragh.
24. er y fa dy vel ad ceau ersooyl yn ushtey t'ad er n'yannoo ymmyd jeh son broie oohyn
25. Va'n freggyr eck cluinit dy baghtal er y traie
26. agh cha hoig yn sleih er y traie eh edyr.