Little White Lies penguin: 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
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 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."
MORAL: 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.
