One day, a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river when her thimble fell into the water. As she began to cry, the Lord appeared and asked, “Why are you crying?”
The seamstress replied that her thimble had fallen into the river and that she needed it to help her husband earn a living for the two of them.
The Lord went down into the water and reappeared holding a golden thimble.
“Is this your thimble?” the Lord asked.
The seamstress replied, “No.”
The Lord went down again and came back with a silver thimble.
“Is this your thimble?” the Lord asked.
Again, the seamstress replied, “No.”
The Lord went down a third time and returned with a wooden 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. The seamstress went home happy.
Some time later, the seamstress was walking with her husband along the riverbank when her husband slipped and fell into the river. When she cried out, the Lord once again appeared and asked, “Why are you crying?”
“Oh Lord,” she said, “my husband has fallen into the water!”
The Lord went down into the river and came back up with Mel Gibson.
“Is this your husband?” the Lord asked.
“Yes!” cried the seamstress.
The Lord was furious. “You have lied! That is an untruth!”
The seamstress quickly replied, “Oh, forgive me, my Lord. This 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,” she continued, “I am not in the best of health and would not be able to take care of three husbands. That is why I said ‘yes’ to Mel Gibson.”
The moral of this story:
Whenever a woman lies, it is for a good and honorable reason — and for the benefit of others.
That’s our story, and we’re sticking to it.