THE COFFIN

by Deckard717 02.10.08 18:06

THE COFFIN

A pretty woman was serving a life sentence in prison. Angry and
resentful about her situation, she had decided that she would rather die
than to live another year in prison.

Over the years she had become good friends with one of the prison
Caretakers. His job, among others, was to bury those prisoners who died
in a graveyard just outside the prison walls. When a prisoner died, the
Caretaker rang a bell, which was heard by everyone.

The caretaker then got the body and put it in a casket. Next, he entered
his office to fill out the death certificate before returning to
the casket to nail the lid shut. Finally, he put the casket on a wagon
to take it to the graveyard and bury it.

Knowing this routine, the woman devised an escape plan and shared it
with the caretaker. The next time the bell rang; the woman would leave
her cell and sneak into the dark room where the coffins were kept.

She would slip into the coffin with the dead body while the caretaker
was filling out the death certificate. When the care- taker returned, he
would nail the lid shut and take the coffin outside the prison with the
woman in the coffin along with the dead body. He would then bury the
coffin.

The woman knew there would be enough air for her to breathe until later
in the evening when the caretaker would return to the graveyard under
the cover of darkness, dig up the coffin, open it, and set her free.

The caretaker was reluctant to go along with this plan, but since he
and the woman had become good friends over the years, he agreed to do
it. The woman waited several weeks before someone in the prison died.

She was asleep in her cell when she heard the death bell ring.

She got up, picked the lock of her cell, and slowly walked down the
hallway. She was nearly caught a couple of times. Her heart was beating
fast. She opened the door to the darkened room where the coffins were
kept. Quietly in the dark, she found the coffin that contained

the dead body, carefully climbed into the coffin and pulled the lid shut
to wait for the caretaker to come and nail the lid shut. Soon she heard
footsteps and the pounding of the hammer and nails. Even though she was
very uncomfortable in the coffin with the dead body, she knew that with
each nail she was one step closer to freedom. The coffin was lifted onto
the wagon and taken outside to the graveyard. She could feel the coffin
being lowered into the ground.

She didn't make a sound as the coffin hit the bottom of the grave with a
thud. Finally she heard the dirt dropping onto the top of the wooden
coffin, and she knew that it was only a matter of time until she would
be free at last. After several minutes of absolute silence, she began to
laugh. She was free! She was free!

Feeling curious, she decided to light a match to find out the identity of
the dead prisoner beside her. To her horror, she discovered
that she was lying next to the dead caretaker.

MORAL of the story: Many people believe they have their life all figured
out... but sometimes it just doesn't turn out the way they planned it, hence
it's called life!