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?"
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>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.
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>The Lord dipped His hand into the water and pulled up a golden thimble
>set with pearls.
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>"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked
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>The seamstress replied, "No."
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>The Lord again dipped into the river. He held out a silver thimble
>ringed with sapphires.
>
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>"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked.
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>Again, the seamstress replied, "No."
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>The Lord reached down again and came up with a leather thimble.
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>"Is this your thimble?" the Lord asked.
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>The seamstress replied, "Yes."
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>The Lord was pleased with the woman's honesty and gave her all three
>thimbles to keep, and the seamstress went home happy.
>
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>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.
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>When she cried out, the Lord again appeared and asked her, "Why are you
>crying?"
>
>"Oh Lord, my husband has fallen into the river!"
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>The Lord went down into the water and came up with George Clooney.
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>"Is this your husband?" the Lord asked.
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>"Yes," cried the seamstress.
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>The Lord was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!"
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>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. "
>
>And so the Lord let her keep him.
>