A Moral to Every Story

Once upon a time, a young lady was born without a belly button. In its place was a golden screw. All the doctors told her mother that there was nothing they could do. Like it or not, she was stuck with it. All the years of growing up was real tough on her, as all who saw the screw madefun of her. She avoided ever leaving her own house and thus, never made any friends. One day, a mysterious stranger saw her belly and told her of a swami in Tibet that could get rid of the screw for her. She was thrilled. The next day she took all of her life's savings and bought a ticket to Nepal. After several days of climbing up steep cliffs, she came upon agiant monastery. The swami knew exactly why she had come. She was told to sleep in the highest tower of the monastery and the following day when she awoke, the screw would have been removed. The woman immediately went to the room and fell asleep. During the night while she slept, a purple fog floated in an open window, bearing in its mist, a golden screwdriver. In just moments, the screwdriver removed the screw and disappeared out the window. The next morning when the girl woke, she saw the golden screw laying on the pillow next to her. Reaching down, she felt her navel, and there was no screw there! Jubilant, she leaped out of bed, and her butt fell off. The moral to this is: Don't screw around with things you don'tunderstand -- or you could lose your ass!