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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?"  

She replied 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 upset. "You lied! That is not the truth."  

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."  

So the Lord 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.