THE THREE SIEVES

[kpete]

THE THREE SIEVES

A LITTLE boy one day ran indoors from school and called out eagerly: "Oh, mother, what do you think of Tom Jones? I have just heard that ——"

"Wait a minute, my boy. Have you put what you have heard through the three sieves before you tell it to me?"

"Sieves, mother! What do you mean?"

"Well, the first sieve is called Truth. Is it true?"

"Well, I don't really know, but Bob Brown said that Charlie told him that Tom ——"

"That's very roundabout. What about the second sieve — Kindness. Is it kind?"

"Kind! No, I can't say it is kind."

"Now the third sieve — Necessity. Will it go through that? Must you tell this tale?"

"No, mother, I need not repeat it."

"Well, then, my boy, if it is not necessary, not kind, and perhaps not true, let the story die."

http://www.strecorsoc.org/storygarden/58199_tts.html


great way to censor oneself,
very very difficult on a daily basis, especially the first sieve...
kp

[Myrina]

1. I thought this was a story about goalies.

Sigh.

[lonestarnot]

2. Well you think you are disappointed! I thought she was going to unload a great pie recipe.

[madokie]

4. Hell I thought this was going to be a story about baking bread

yum yum

[JNelson6563]

3. That would certainly slow the pace of posts here!

[hootinholler]

5. Not much of a punch line. n/t