Honest woman

Asha · Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:36 pm

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?"

She replied 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 pearls. "Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked.

The seamstress replied, "No."

The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a silver
thimble ringed with sapphires. "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 upset. "You lied! That is not the truth."

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."

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.