The truth in the bible...?

A small kid was practicing his bible verses when a rather large man stopped and asked him what he was doing. The kid said he was reciting bible stories and loved the truth in them. "Oh really," said the man, "and I suppose you think that the Jewish leader really threw sand over the whole ocean so the people could cross?" "No, you mean Moses", said the boy, "and he didn't throw sand, he parted the ocean on God's will!"

"And I suppose," said the man, "You believe the story of that little kid being thrown into a pit of kittens?" "Oh, you mean Daniel," said the boy, "It was fierce lions, not kittens! And God shut the lion's mouths so they wouldn't eat him and he escaped unharmed. I know it's true!"

"And do you really believe the story of the idiot being thrown to the shark for food?" "That was Jonah," insisted the boy, "and it was a whale, not a shark, and he really was saved!"

"But you know whales don't eat people," said the man. "Do you REALLY think that story is true?"

"Well," the boy replied, "I suppose when I'm dead and go to heaven I can ask Jonah myself if that story about him is true or not."

"And let me ask you one more thing boy," the man said, "Jonah was not exactly the most pious of men. Suppose he's not in heaven?"

"Well," pondered the boy, "If he's not in heaven, that would mean he's in..." and then the boy lit up.

"I've got it," he said, "YOU can ask him!"