The Seamstress

[Bobbie]

>
> 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 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.