17 June, 2012

The Hikers

One day, Joe, Bob, and Dave were hiking in a wilderness area when they came upon a rather wide river, raging and violent. They needed to get to the other side, but had no idea of how to do so.

Joe prayed to God, saying, "Please God, give me the strength to cross this river."

Poof! God gave him big arms and strong legs, and he was able to swim across the river in about two hours, although he almost drowned a couple of times.

Seeing this, Dave prayed to God, saying, "Please God, give me the strength and the tools to cross this river."

Poof! God gave him a rowboat, and he was able to row across the river in about an hour, after almost capsizing the boat a couple of times.

Bob had seen how it worked out for the other two, so he also prayed to God saying, "Please God, give me the strength, the tools, and the intelligence to cross this river."

Poof! God turned him into a woman. She looked at the map, hiked upstream a couple of hundred yards, and then walked across the bridge.
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