I don’t quite remember where I came across this tale, but it was on my mind today. I figured I’d share it with you, my Hordeling, in case it might be of use to you in some time of need. Enjoy.
A man walked down the road, tripped over a rock and fell into a deep hole. When he got up he discovered that the hole was too deep and sides too slick to be able to climb out.
“Help! Help!” he shouted, hoping someone would hear him and come to his aid.
After a while, a Doctor came strolling by and heard the man’s cries for help. He looked down in the hole and saw the man at the bottom. “Hello down there!” the Doctor said.
“Hey, help! I’m stuck in this hole and I can’t get out!” the man at the bottom said.
The Doctor pulled out a pad, scribbled something down, ripped it off the pad, and dropped it down the hole. “Here’s a prescription for some anti-depressants.” Then the Doctor walked on.
A little while later, a Priest came strolling by and heard the man’s cries for help. He looked down in the whole and saw he man at the bottom. “What are you doing down there?” he asked the man.
“Help! I fell down this hole and I can’t climb out. Can you help me?”
The Priest looked at the man and said “I will pray that God will lift you out of this hole.” Then the Priest walked on.
A little while later, another man came along and heard the man in the hole crying for help. He looked down at the man trapped at the bottom. “Hey! How are you doing down there?”
“Help me, please!” said the man in the hole. “I’m stuck in this hole and I can’t get out.”
“Watch out!” the man said and jumped down into the hole with the other man.
The trapped man said ‘What are you doing? Now we’re both stuck in this hole!”
The man that jumped down said “Don’t worry. I’ve been in holes like this before and I jknow how to get out.”
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