One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch of a
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>tree above a river, his axe fell into the river.
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>When he cried out, God appeared and asked," Why are you crying?"
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>The woodcutter replied that his axe has fallen into water.
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>Then God went down into the water and reappeared with a golden axe.
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>"Is this your axe?" God asked.
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>The woodcutter replied, "No."
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>God again went down and came up with a silver axe.
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>"Is this your axe?" he asked.
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>Again, the woodcutter replied, "No."
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>God went down again and came up with an iron axe. "Is this your axe?" God
>asked.
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>The woodcutter replied," Yes."
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>God was pleased with the man's honesty and gave him
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>all three axes to keep, and the woodcutter went home happily.
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>One day while he was walking with his wife along the
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>riverbank, the woodcutter's wife fell into the river.
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>When he cried out,God again appeared and asked him,
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>"Why are you crying?"
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>"Oh God , my wife has fallen into the water!"
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>God went down into the water and came up with Jennifer Lopez.
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>"Is this your wife?" he asked.
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>"Yes," cried the woodcutter.
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>God was furious. "You cheat! That is an untruth!"
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>The woodcutter replied, "Oh, forgive me God . It is a misunderstanding.
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>You see, if I said 'no' to Jennifer Lopez,
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>You will come up with Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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>Then if I also say 'no' to her, You will come up with my wife, and I will
>say 'yes,'
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>and then all three will be given to me.
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>But God , I am a poor man and I will not be able to
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>take care of all three wives, so *that's* why I said 'yes' this time.
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>The moral of the story is whenever a man lies it is for an honorable and useful reason...
...........bullshit!

wandaywang @ 11/14/2004 05:08:00 PM