Story of Destructive Disunity

Mr. Thumb said: I am the stoutest of them all. I can survive without them.
Mr. Point man said: Without me nobody will show the direction.
Mr. Tall man said: As the tallest, i deserve proper respect. I can live without the others.
Mr. Ring man said: I am the most precious since I hold the gold. I can survive without anybody.
Mr. Index man said: I have the strength to hold things. Without me, everybody is weak.
Their Creator challenged them, one by one, He asked each to pick a needle.

They all started picking their respective needle. Mr. Thumb spent all day without any positive results. Mr. Point man did the picking until the following day without any positive results. Mr. Tall man also failed, so did Ring man and Index man. They all burned out, got tired and were sure to surrender.

These Fingers may represent true lives.

My Coin, My Coin!

This is a true story. It was then rainy season. The unsuspecting mother of little Unan, a child of tender years, gave the latter a coin.

As Unan gracefully walked through the fish pond's edge, just near their home, he fell headlong. He was swiftly saved by a watchful young man. Unan was not crying. He has a clenched fist. Upon investigation by Unan's parents, laughter burst out when they found out that Unan held tight to his coin although his head was submerged in the water!

One of My Favorite Stories Ever Told

Once upon a time somewhere, a travelling man who was searching for greatness was lost. In his walk, he found an old man sitting under an old tree.

Travelling man: "Hey old man. Are great men born here?"

The old man smiled and answered: "Nope. Only babes."

The famous story of "Bata Bata Paano Ka Ginawa?"

Once upon a time, a curious child asked her single mom:

Child: Mama, how did i come into existence into this world?"

Mama: One day, I got a "banig" opened it and then rolled it back. Then "poof" you came into existence."

One day, the child got the "banig" opened it up and then rolled it back. The following night, she opened up the "banig" and found a cockroach in it.

Her mother was about to kill the cockroach with a rolled newspaper when the child intervened shouting, "Mama, NO!!!!!" That is my child!"

Morale: Parents, be honest.

A Variation of the Fingers Only Story

A Sunday School Student told his Sunday School Teacher the following that puzzled his teacher for some time:

Student: Ma'am, you told us in your story last Sunday that Judas died because he hanged himself. [Matthew 27:3-8]
Teacher: Yes.
Student: If so, why would his blood gushed out on the field. [Acts 1:18-19]
Teacher:  (?#*&3.. In her thoughts) Death by hanging would mean that Judas died without spilling any blood. How come blood gushed out on the field?

After some time,

Teacher: Everyone, listen. Both stories are true accounts. One saw the hanging portion [Matthew]; another saw the falling portion [Luke]. They complement each other.

Finger Hunters Only???

I thought they (referring to the natives of Northern Luzon, Philippines) were head hunters?" asked a classmate. "According to some writings, they lie in wait for an unsuspecting victim and chopped off his finger as their trophy." he added. What my classmate failed to see was the Changit!

When what another saw was only a portion of a story, it does not mean that his account is not accurate. When he interprets his findings, his conclusions become wrong because he did not have the entirety of the story. 

The truth of the matter is that after the finger was chopped off from one person, another person's head was taken also. So they are not only finger hunters, they are also head hunters.