A White Missionary in an African Tribe

A white missionary was visiting an African tribe. After a year of sharing the same village, the chieftain's wife gave birth...to a white baby.

The chieftain was enraged and called for the preacher's death. The missionary attempted to calm the chief, asking him to take a walk with him through the village to cool his head and talk about the situation.

As the men walked, they passed by a field full of sheep. All the sheep in the field were white save one, a little black sheep. "See?" the pastor said, pointing to the animals: "these types of things happen in nature from time to time."

The chief paused and seemed to be deep in thought. At last he leaned toward the missionary and whispered under his breath, "All right--I won't say anything about the baby if you don't say anything about the sheep."