Subject: Getting the Axe
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sat Jan 04 2003 - 14:12:50 EST
"Getting the Axe"
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. The Lord
went down into 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.
The woodcutter replied, "Yes."
The Lord was pleased with the man's honesty
and gave him three axes to keep, and the
woodcutter went home happily.
One day while he was walking with his wife along
the riverbank, the woodcutter's wife fell into the river.
When he cried out, the Lord 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 Jennifer Lopez. "Is this your wife?" the Lord
asked.
"Yes," replied the woodcutter.
The Lord was furious. "You cheat! That is an untruth,"
the Lord scolded. The woodcutter replied, "Oh, forgive
me my Lord. It is a misunderstanding. You see, if I said
'no' to Jennifer Lopez, You will come up with Catherine
Zeta Jones. Then if I also say 'no' to her, You will thirdly
come up with my wife, and I will say 'yes,' and then all
three will be given to me. But Lord, I am a poor man and
I will not be able to take care of all three wives, so that's
why I said 'yes' this time."
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