The moral of the story . . . .

An Arab has spent many days crossing the desert without finding a source
of water. It gets so bad that his camel dies of thirst. He's crawling
through the sands, certain that he has breathed his last breath, when all
of a sudden he sees a shiny object sticking out of the sand several yards
ahead of him. He crawls to the object, pulls it out of the sand, and
discovers that it was a Manischevitz wine bottle. It appears that there
may be a drop or two left in the bottle, so he unscrews the top and out
pops a genie.

"Well, kid," says the genie. "You know how it works. You have three
wishes."

"I'm not going to trust you," says the Arab. "I'm not going to trust a
genie!"

"What do you have to lose? It looks like you're a goner anyway!"

The Arab thinks about this for a minute, and decides that the genie is
right.

"OK, I wish I were in a lush oasis with plentiful food and drink."

***POOF***

The Arab finds himself in the most beautiful oasis he has ever seen. And
he is surrounded with jugs of wine and platters of delicacies.

"OK, kid, what's your second wish."

"My second wish is that I were rich beyond wildest dreams."

***POOF***

The Arab finds himself surrounded by treasure chests filled with rare gold
coins and precious gems.

"OK, kid, you have just one more wish. Better make it a good one!"

After thinking for a few minutes, the Arab says: "I wish I were white and
surrounded by beautiful women."

***POOF***

The Arab is turned into a Tampax.

And the moral of the story is.....

Be careful of what you wish for. There may be a string attached.