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--- 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 traveled 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 ! but I bet you send it on
______________________________ __________
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 traveled 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 ! but I bet you send it on
______________________________ __________