THE SECRET SOUND! A man is driving down a road and his car 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 welcome him, feed him dinner, and even fix his car. As the man falls asleep that night, he hears a strange sound. The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound was. We cant tell you. Youre not a monk, they respond. The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and continues his journey. Several years later the mans car breaks down in front of the same monastery. The monks again accept him and take care of him. That night he hears the same strange noise that he heard years earlier. The next morning he again asks what it was, and again the monks reply, We cant tell you because you are not a monk. The man is overcome by curiosity and says, All right, I am dying to know. If the only way I can find out the source of that sound is to become a monk, then tell what I must do to become a monk. You must travel the earth and tell us how many blades of grass there are, and how many stone pebbles. When you complete the assignment, you will become a monk and live with us, they replied. The man sets about his task. Many years later he returns and knocks on the door of the monastery. I have travelled the earth and have found what you asked for. There are 159,283,746,232,899 blades ofgrass and802,716,539,446,219,358 stone pebbles on the earth. Congratulations! the monks replied. You are now a monk. We will now show you the way to the sound. The monks lead him to a wooden door, where the headmonk says, The sound is behind that door. The man reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. Real funny, he says, May I have the key, please? The monks give him the key and he opens the door to another stone door. The monks give him the key to this door too and he opens it to find yet another door made of ruby. He asks for and receives another key from the monks. And behind that door is another, this one made of sapphire. On and on this went until the man had gone through doors of emerald, topaz and amethyst and jade. Finally, the man is relieved to hear the monks say, This is the last key to the last door. He unlocks the door, turns the knob and behind that door he is amazed to find the source of that strange sound ...... But I cant tell you what it is, because you are not a monk. Happy sunday frds
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 10:21:48 +0000
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