An old story is told of a king in Africa who had a close friend with whom he grew up and often went hunting with.

This friend had a habit of looking at every situation that ever occurred in his life (positive or negative) and remarking, “This is good!”

So, one day the king and his friend were out on a hunting expedition. The friend would load and help prepare the traps for the King. The friend had apparently done something wrong in preparing one of the traps, for as the King leant down to fix the trap in place, the trap’s mechanism broke and tore off the Kings thumb.

Examining the situation the friend remarked as usual “This is good!”
To which the king screamed his reply “No, this is NOT good!” and proceeded to send his friend to jail.

About a year later, the king was hunting in an area that he should have known to stay clear of. Cannibals captured the King and were about to take him to their village for a feast where he was to be the “Guest of Honour”

As they tied his hands, they noticed that the king was missing a thumb.

Being superstitious, they never ate anyone that was less than whole. So untying the king, they sent him on his way.

As he returned home, he was reminded of the event that had taken his thumb and felt remorse for his treatment of his friend.
He went immediately to the jail to speak with his friend.

“You were right” he said “It was good that my thumb was blown off” and proceeded to tell the friend all that had just happened.

“And so I am very sorry for sending you to jail for so long. It was bad for me to do this!” said the King
”No” his friend replied, “This is good!”
What do you mean, “This is good! How could it be good that I sent my friend to jail for a year”


The friend smiled and replied “If I had NOT been in jail, I would have been with you”

**"Now, let us catch this Trogdor"**

hahaha thats not bad