Why Men Lie...
(Finally, a parable that explains it...)
One day, while a woodcutter was cutting a branch off 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 all 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 again 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," cried the woodcutter.
The Lord was furious. "You cheat! That is an untruth!"
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 the first time."
The moral of the story is whenever a man lies, it is
for an honourable and useful reason.
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