The Gospel According to Gaius Scipio the Roman

The phone rang and a voice in Spanish said I'm Carlos. In excavations in Rome they have found a new Gospel in Latin on clay tablets. The tablets went directly into the Vatican. However I have a copy from a friend within the Vatican-we'd like to have it in English.</P>He said I have a Spanish translation. If I post you the transcript could you translate it? I said I could.</P>I'm simply an Australian journalist who worked for United Press. Carlos said I only ask your word that you will not photocopy the Spanish version and when you finish you'll hand it back to me together with a copy of your own version. Leaving me hanging out on a limb in thin air . but when I read it I could see that it was authentic.</P>When I finished we met. I asked him for his phone number and he told me they'd call me if needed. A week later he rang and said That's beautifully written what you've done. I never heard from him again.