One day, when 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, 'My dear child, 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 their
family. The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a
golden thimble set with sapphires.
'Is this your thimble?' the Lord asked . The seamstress replied,
'No.'
The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a golden thimble
studded with rubies.
'Is this your thimble?' the Lord asked. Again, the seamstress
replied, 'No.'
The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather
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 years later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along
the riverbank, and her husband fell into the river and disappeared
under the water. When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and
asked her, 'Why are you crying?' 'Oh Lord, my husband has fallen
into the river!'
The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney.
'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 George
Clooney, you would have come up with Brad Pitt.
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 George Clooney.
And so the Lord let her keep him.
The moral of this story is:
Whenever a woman lies, it's for a good and honorable reason, and in
the best interest of others. That's our story, and we're sticking
to it.
