>> >>A man is driving down the road and breaks down near a monastery. He >>goes to the monastery, knocks on the door, and says, My car broke >>down. Do you think I could stay the night? >> >> >> >>The monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, and even fix his >>car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he hears a strange sound; a >>sound like no other that he has ever heard. The next morning, he >>asks the monks what the sound was, but they say, We can't tell you >>because you're not a monk. >> >>The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and goes about his >>merry way. Some years later, the same man breaks down in front of >>the same monastery. >> >> >> >>The monks again accept him, feed him, and even fix his car. >> >>That night, he hears the same strange mesmerizing sound that he had >>heard years earlier. >> >> >>The next morning, he asks what the sound was, but the monks reply, >> >> >>We can't tell you because you're not a monk. >> >>The man says, all right, all right. I'm dying to know. >> >>If the only way I can find out what that sound was is to become a >>monk, how do I become a monk? >> >> >>The monks reply, you must travel the earth and tell us how many >>blades of grass there are and the exact number of sand pebbles. >>When you find these numbers, you will become a monk. >> >>The man sets about his task. Some forty-five years later, he >>returns and knocks on the door of the monastery. He says, I have >>travelled the earth and devoted my life to the task demanded and >>have found what you had asked for.. There are 371,145,236,284,232 >>blades of grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth. >> >> >> >>The monks reply, congratulations, you are correct, and you are now >>considered a monk ... >> >> >>We shall now show you the way to the sound. >> >> >>The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the head monk says, >>the sound is behind that door. >> >> >>The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He asks, May >>I have the key ? >> >> >>The monks give him the key, and he opens the door >> >>Behind the wooden door is another door made of stone.... The man >>requests the key to the stone door. >> >> >>The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to find a door >>made of ruby. He demands another key from the monks, who provide >>it. Behind that door is another door, this one made of sapphire. >>And so it went on until the man had gone through doors of emerald,... >> >> >>...silver, topaz, and amethyst. >> >>Finally, the monks say, This is the key to the last door . >> >> >> >>The man is relieved to be at the end. He unlocks the door, turns >>the knob, and behind that door he is astonished to find the source >>of that strange sound. It is truly an amazing and unbelievable sight. >> >> >> >>.. But I can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk. >> >> >>DON'T SWEAR AT ME; >> >>I'M STILL HUNTING FOR THE IDIOT WHO STARTED THIS ! >> >>David
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