NARRATIVE SPOKEN BY; VAUGHN MONROE
IN THE BACKGROUND A STUDIO ORCHESTRA AND HARMONIZING 
CHORUS.
'DURING THE SOUTH VIETNAM CAMPAIGN, A GROUP OF
SOLDIERS RETURNED TO SAIGON, AFTER MANY WEEKS OF
HEAVY JUNGLE FIGHTING.
THE NEXT DAY BEING SUNDAY, SEVERAL OF THE BOYS ATTENDED 
CHURCH SERVICES. AFTER THE CHAPLAIN READ THE PRAYER, 
THE TEXT WAS TAKEN UP. THOSE OF THE BOYS WHO HAD PRAYER 
BOOKS TOOK THEM OUT. BUT ONE BOY HAD ONLY A DECK OF 
CARDS AND HE SPREAD THEM OUT. THE SERGEANT IN CHARGE 
SAW THE CARDS AND SAID, 'SOLDIER, PUT THOSE CARDS 
AWAY!'
AFTER THE SERVICES WERE OVER, THE SOLDIER WAS TAKEN 
PRISONER AND BROUGHT BEFORE THE PROVOST MARSHAL.
THE MARSHAL SAID, 'SERGEANT, WHY HAVE YOU BROUGHT THIS 
MAN HERE?'
'FOR PLAYING CARDS IN CHURCH, SIR.'
'AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF, SON?'
'MUCH, SIR', THE SOLDIER REPLIED.
'YOU SEE SIR, I HAVE BEEN IN THE JUNGLE FOR SIX WEEKS. 
I HAVE NEITHER A BIBLE NOR A PRAYER BOOK. BUT I HOPE TO 
SATISFY YOU, SIR, WITH THE PURITY OF MY INTENTIONS,
YOU SEE SIR, WHEN I LOOK AT THE ACE, IT REMINDS ME 
THERE'S BUT ONE GOD.
AND WHEN I SEE THE DEUCE, IT REMINDS ME THAT THE BIBLE 
IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, THE OLD AND THE NEW 
TESTAMENTS.
AND WHEN I SEE THE TREY, I THINK OF THE FATHER, THE 
SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST.
AND WHEN I SEE THE FOUR, I THINK OF THE FOUR 
EVANGELISTS WHO PREACHED THE GOSPEL; MATTHEW, MARK, 
LUKE, AND JOHN.
AND WHEN I SEE THE FIVE, IT REMINDS ME OF THE FIVE WISE 
VIRGINS WHO TRIMMED THEIR LAMPS. THERE WERE TEN OF 
THEM. FIVE WERE WISE AND WERE SAVED, FIVE OF THEM WERE 
FOOLISH AND WERE SHUT OUT.
AND WHEN I SEE THE SIX, IT REMINDS ME THAT IN SIX DAYS, 
GOD MADE THIS GREAT HEAVEN AND EARTH.
AND WHEN I SEE THE SEVEN , IT REMINDS ME THAT ON THE 
SEVENTH DAY, GOD RESTED.
AND WHEN I SEE THE EIGHT, I SEE THE EIGHT RIGHTEOUS 
PERSONS GOD SAVED WHEN HE DESTROYED THE EARTH; NOAH, 
HIS WIFE, THEIR SONS AND THEIR WIVES.
AND WHEN I SEE THE NINE, I SEE THE LEPERS OUR SAVIOR 
CLEANSED, AND NINE OUT OF THE TEN DIDN'T EVEN THANK 
HIM.
WHEN I SEE THE TEN, I THINK OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS GOD 
HANDED TO MOSES ON A TABLE OF STONE.
AND WHEN I SEE THE KING, IT REMINDS ME AGAIN, THAT 
THERE IS BUT ONE KING OF HEAVEN, GOD ALMIGHTY.
AND WHEN I SEE THE QUEEN, I THINK OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN 
MARY, WHO IS QUEEN OF HEAVEN.
AND THE JACK IS THE DEVIL.
AND WHEN I COUNT THE NUMBER OF SPOTS ON A DECK OF 
CARDS, I FIND 365, THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN A YEAR. THERE 
ARE 52 CARDS, THE NUMBER OF WEEKS IN A YEAR. THERE ARE 
THIRTEEN TRICKS, THE NUMBER OF WEEKS IN A QUARTER. 
THERE ARE FOUR SUITS, THE NUMBER OF WEEKS IN A MONTH. 
THERE ARE TWELVE PICTURE CARDS, THE NUMBER OF MONTHS IN 
A YEAR.
SO YOU SEE SIR, MY DECK OF CARDS HAS SERVED ME AS A 
BIBLE, AN ALMANAC, AND PRAYER BOOK.'
'AND FRIENDS THIS STORY IS TRUE BECAUSE I KNEW THAT 
SOLDIER.''