Oh John
,Poor Branka.
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 honourable reason,
and in the best interest of others. That's our story, and we're sticking to it.
Signed,
All Us Women