Subject: Missionary in Africa
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Mon May 13 2002 - 06:34:15 EDT
"Missionary in Africa"
A missionary was sent to the deepest, darkest
part of Africa, and moved in with a primitive native
tribe. He spent several years with the people,
during which, he taught them English. He also
taught them how to read and write. And of
course, he taught them the Christian ways of
the white man. One thing he particularly stressed
was the evil of sexual sin...no adultery, no fornication!
One day, the wife of one of the tribe's noblemen
gave birth to a child. The child was white! This
caused quite a stir in the village. The chief sent
for the missionary, and said, "You have taught us
the evils of sexual sin, but here is a black woman
who gives birth to a white child. You are the only
white man who has been in this village in many
years. What is the explanation?"
The missionary replies, "No, no, my good man,
you are mistaken. This is a natural occurrence,
what in English we call an albino. Nature does this
on some occasions. For example, look there at
that flock of sheep. They are all white, except
among them -- look there is one black sheep."
The chief thinks it over for a while and then replies,
"O.K. Tell you what. You don't say anything about
the black sheep, and I won't say anything about the
white child."
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