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*A SIMPLE PARABLE*
One day, as a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her
thimble fell into the river.
When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?"
The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and
that
she needed it to help her husband in making a living for the two of
them.
The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden thimble.
"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked.
The seamstress replied, "No."
The Lord again went down and came up with a wooden thimble. "Is this
your
thimble?" the Lord asked.
Again, the seamstress replied, "No."
The Lord went down again and came up with a silver thimble. "Is this
your
thimble?" the Lord asked.
The seamstress replied, "Yes."
The Lord was pleased with the woman 's honesty and gave her all three
thimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home happy.
Some time later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the
riverbank, and her husband fell into the river.
When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, "Why are you
crying?"
"Oh, Lord, my husband has fallen into the water!"
The Lord went down into the water and came up with Mel Gibson.
"Is this your husband?" the Lord asked.
"Yes," cried the seamstress.
The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!"
The seamstress replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a
misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Mel Gibson, you would
have come up with Tom Cruise. Then if I said 'no' to him, you would have
come up with my husband. Had I then said 'yes,' you
would have given me all three. Lord, I'm not in the best of health and
would not be able to take care of all three husbands, so
THAT'S why I said 'yes' to Mel Gibson."
The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good and
honorable reason, and it's always for the benefit of others.
One day, as a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her
thimble fell into the river.
When she cried out, the Lord appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?"
The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the water and
that
she needed it to help her husband in making a living for the two of
them.
The Lord went down into the water and reappeared with a golden thimble.
"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked.
The seamstress replied, "No."
The Lord again went down and came up with a wooden thimble. "Is this
your
thimble?" the Lord asked.
Again, the seamstress replied, "No."
The Lord went down again and came up with a silver thimble. "Is this
your
thimble?" the Lord asked.
The seamstress replied, "Yes."
The Lord was pleased with the woman 's honesty and gave her all three
thimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home happy.
Some time later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the
riverbank, and her husband fell into the river.
When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, "Why are you
crying?"
"Oh, Lord, my husband has fallen into the water!"
The Lord went down into the water and came up with Mel Gibson.
"Is this your husband?" the Lord asked.
"Yes," cried the seamstress.
The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!"
The seamstress replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Lord. It is a
misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Mel Gibson, you would
have come up with Tom Cruise. Then if I said 'no' to him, you would have
come up with my husband. Had I then said 'yes,' you
would have given me all three. Lord, I'm not in the best of health and
would not be able to take care of all three husbands, so
THAT'S why I said 'yes' to Mel Gibson."
The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good and
honorable reason, and it's always for the benefit of others.
