There was a farm with three friends living on it.

They had fallen on hard times and had only one cow left. One morning one of the friends awoke to find their cow lying dead in the pasture. He was so distraught that he went down to the river to drown himself. Just as he was about to perform the task he heard a voice. He turned and saw a beautiful mermaid sitting on a rock. She said 'Please don't kill yourself. I will give you one wish if you would make love to me 3 times.

' He did as she asked and poof..

he was whisked away to a beautiful house with all the money he could ever want. The second friend awoke to the same sight of their last cow dead and he too had the same thought to throw himself in the river and drown. As he was about to do this the mermaid shouted 'Please don't kill yourself. I will give you one wish if you would make love to me 5 times.' So he did and poof he was on a tropical island living in the lap of luxury. Finally, the third friend awoke, saw the cow and wandered down to the river to throw himself in. The mermaid again stopped him and said 'Please don't kill your self.

Make love to me 10 times and I will give you one wish.' All excited the third friend started taking down his pants but stopped halfway. He looked at the mermaid and said 'Wait a minute...

won't 10 times kill you like it did the cow?'