One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a tree above a
river, his axe fell into the river. When he cried out, the Lord
appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?" The woodcutter replied that
his axe has fallen into water, and he needed the axe to make his
living. The Lord went down in the water and reappeared with a golden
axe. "Is this your axe?" the Lord asked. The woodcutter replied, "No."
The Lord again went down and came up with a silver axe. "Is this your
axe?" the Lord asked. Again, the woodcutter replied, "No."
The Lord went down again and came up with an iron axe. "Is this your
axe?" the Lord asked.
"Yes", he replied. The Lord was pleased with the man's honesty and
gave him all three axes to keep, and the woodcutter went home happy.
Some time later the woodcutter was walking with his wife along the
riverbank, and his wife fell into the river. When he cried out, the
Lord again appeared and asked him, "Why are you crying?" Oh Lord, my
wife has fallen into the water!" The Lord went down into the water
and came up with Angelina Jolie. "Is this your wife?" the Lord asked.
"Yes," cried the woodcutter.
The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!"
The woodcutter fell to his knees and cried, "Oh, forgive me, Lord. It
is a misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Angelina Jolie,
You would have come up with Catherine Zeta-Jones. Then if I also
said 'no' to her, you would have come up with my wife. Had I then
said 'yes,' you would have given me all three. Lord, I am a poor man,
and am not able to take care of all three wives, and I love my wife
such that I don't want her to share me with anyone, so THAT'S why I
said yes to Angelina Jolie."
The moral of this story is: Whenever a man lies, it is for a good and
honourable reason, and for the benefit of others.. MOSTLY his wife!
That's my story, and I am sticking to it..
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