Single hen

[The Dogmother]

One day, when a seamstress was sewing while sitting close to a river, her thimble fell into the river. When she cried out, a genie 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 genie dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble set with pearls. "Is this your thimble?" the genie asked. The seamstress replied,"No." The genie again dipped into the river. He held out a silver thimble ringed with sapphires. "Is this your thimble?" the genie asked. Again, the seamstress replied, "No." The genie reached down again and came up with a leather thimble. "Is this your thimble?", the genie asked. The seamstress replied, "Yes." The genie 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 genie again appeared and asked her, "Why are you crying?" "Oh genie, my husband has fallen into the river!" The genie went down into the water and came up with George Clooney."Is this your husband?" the genie asked. "Yes," cried the seamstress.

 

The genie was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!" The seamstress replied, "Oh, forgive me, genie. 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. Genie, 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 genie 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. That's our story, and we're sticking to it

Signed

Women

[Martin B]

Very good!

[AnnieP]

Brilliant!

[Mel (& Paul)]

Go Girls

[Lesley]

[ubereglu]

That's brilliant Claret!!!

[Mel (& Paul)]

and a storey we should live our lives by

[theherd123]

Love it!

[Cate in NZ]

Excellent

[Boris70]

Very funny, thanks for making me smile

[The Dogmother]

You're most welcome

[Ruth]

Nice one!

[Karen & co.]

 

I like that

 

karen x

[bracken]

Wicked.....but brill.....i like it