There was a tradesman, a painter named Jack, who was very interested
in making a dollar where he could. So he often would thin down his
paint to make it go a wee bit further. As it happened, he got away
with this for some time.
Eventually the local church decided to do a big restoration project.
Jack put in a painting bid and, because his price was so competitive,
he got the job. And so he started, erecting the trestles and putting
up the planks, and buying the paint and thinning it down with
turpentine. Jack was up on the scaffolding, painting away, the job
nearly done, when suddenly there was a horrendous clap of thunder. The
sky opened and the rain poured down, washing the thin paint from all
over the church and knocking Jack off the scaffold to land on the
lawn. Jack was no fool.
He knew this was a judgment from the Almighty, so he fell on his knees
and cried, "Oh, God! Forgive me! What should I do?"
And from the thunder, a mighty Voice spoke, "Repaint! Repaint! And
thin no more!"
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