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 Creator
appeared and asked, "Why are you crying?"


The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen into water, and he
needed the axe to make his living.


The Creator went down into the water and reappeared with a golden axe.


"Is this your axe?" the Creator asked.


The woodcutter replied, "No."


The Creator again went down and came up with a silver axe.


"Is this your axe?" the Lord asked.


Again, the woodcutter replied, "No."


The Creator went down again and came up with an iron axe.


"Is this your axe?" the Creator asked.


The woodcutter replied, "Yes."


The Creator was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him all three axes
to keep, and the woodcutter went home happy.


Some time later the woodcutter was walking with his wife along the
riverbank, and his wife fell into the river.


When he cried out, the Creator again appeared and asked him, "Why are you
crying?"


"Oh Great Father, my wife has fallen into the water!"


The Creator went down into the water and came up with Jennifer Lopez.


"Is this your wife?" the Lord asked.


"Yes," cried the woodcutter.


The Creator was furious. "You lied! That is an untruth!"


The woodcutter replied, "Oh, forgive me, my Maker. It is a
misunderstanding. You see, if I had said 'no' to Jennifer Lopez, You
would have come up with Catherine Zeta Jones. Then if I said 'no' to
her, you would have come up with my wife. Had I then said 'yes,' you
would have given me all three. Lord, I am a poor man, and am not able
to take care of all three wives, so THAT'S why I said yes to Jennifer
Lopez."


The moral of this story is: Whenever a man lies, it is for a good and
honorable reason, and for the benefit of others.


That's their story, and they're sticking to it! - "IT OK FOR TOAD AND MARK AND STEVE TO LIE --- THEY ARE HONORABLE MEN !!!!!!"..
(riiiiiiiiiiiiight!)


The Man in the Maze
QRV at Baboquivari Peak