Truth

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 river bank, 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. I t is merely
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.

The moral of this story is: Whenever a woman lies, it's for a
good and honorable reason, and in the best interests of others.
That's our story, and we're sticking to it.