In a small town, two nuns left their convent to sell cookies. As the day was coming to an end, one said to the other:

“Sister, it’s getting dark and we are still far from the convent. Have you noticed that a man has been following us for the last half hour?” “Yes, and what do you think he wants?” “The logical thing: he wants to attack us.” “Oh, God! I calculate that if we keep up this pace, he’ll catch up to us in about 15 minutes.” “What can we do?” “The most logical thing is to walk faster.”

But it didn’t work. The man walked faster too. “Now he’ll catch us in two minutes!” said one. “The only logical thing is to split up,” replied the other. “You go that way, and I’ll go this way. He can’t follow us both.”

The man decided to follow one of them. The other nun made it back to the convent, extremely worried about her companion.

Shortly after, the second nun arrived at the convent. “Sister, thank God! What happened?” “The logical thing happened. The man couldn’t follow both of us, so he followed me.” “And then?” “I ran as fast as I could… and so did he.” “And…?” “He caught up to me.” “Oh, no! And what did you do?” “I did the logical thing: I lifted up my habit.” “Good Lord! And what did he do?” “He also did the logical thing: he pulled down his pants.” “Oh, no! And then?” “Well, Sister… the logical thing: a nun with her habit lifted runs much faster than a man with his pants down.”

Lighthearted Moral: Sometimes, the simplest solution—and a bit of quick thinking—is what gets us out of trouble.