email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai.
In a convent in Ireland, the 98-year-old Mother
Superior lay dying. The nuns gathered around her bed trying to make her last
journey comfortable. They tried giving her warm milk to drink but she refused
it.
One
of the nuns took the glass back to the kitchen. Then, remembering a bottle of
Irish Whiskey that had been received as a gift the previous Christmas, she
opened it and poured a generous amount into the warm milk.
Back
at Mother Superior's bed, they held the glass to her lips. The frail nun drank
a little, then a little more and before they knew it, she had finished the
whole glass down to the last drop.
As
her eyes brightened, the nuns thought it would be a good opportunity to have
one last talk with their spiritual leader
"Mother,"
the nuns asked earnestly. "Please give us some of your wisdom before you
leave us.
She
raised herself up in bed on one elbow, looked at them and said,
"DON'T
SELL THAT COW."