The Chief and the Albino Baby

There was once a missionary preaching in a small African tribe. The people there

loved him and every day more were converted. But one day, a white baby was born to one of the

women in the the tribe. The chief immediately sent for the missionary, and demanded to

know why he had broken the commandments he had so lovingly taught to his people. The missionary,

having been a devout Christian his entire life, asked to see the child.

Upon viewing the baby it became clear that this baby was an albino. The missionary attempted

to explain this to the chief saying: "chief, this child suffers from a condition

of the skin which changed its color to white. As an example, look upon your flocks