The Monk
Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2005 6:02 am
Monk
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, they even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he
hears a strange sound.The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound
was, but they say, "We can't tell you. 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 accept him, feed him, and even fix his car. That night, he
hears the same strange noise that he had heard years earlier. The next
morning, he asks what it is, but the monks reply, "We can't ! tell you.
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 many blades of grass there are and the exact number of
sand pebbles. When you find numbers, you can become a monk. The man sets
about his task.
Forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door of the
monastery. He says, "I have traveled the earth and have found what you
have asked for. There are 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 now a monk. We shall now show
you the way to the sound. "The monks lead the man to wooden door, where
the head monk says,! "The sound is right behind that door." The man
reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, "Real funny. 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 demands
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 s *another* door, this one made of
sapphire. So it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald,
silver, topaz, amethyst... Finally, the monks say, "This is the last key
to the last door." The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door,
turns the knob, and behind that door he is amazed to find the source of
that strange sound.....
Scroll down..are you ready????
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But we can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk!!!!!!!
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, they even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, he
hears a strange sound.The next morning, he asks the monks what the sound
was, but they say, "We can't tell you. 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 accept him, feed him, and even fix his car. That night, he
hears the same strange noise that he had heard years earlier. The next
morning, he asks what it is, but the monks reply, "We can't ! tell you.
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 many blades of grass there are and the exact number of
sand pebbles. When you find numbers, you can become a monk. The man sets
about his task.
Forty-five years later, he returns and knocks on the door of the
monastery. He says, "I have traveled the earth and have found what you
have asked for. There are 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 now a monk. We shall now show
you the way to the sound. "The monks lead the man to wooden door, where
the head monk says,! "The sound is right behind that door." The man
reaches for the knob, but the door is locked. He says, "Real funny. 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 demands
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 s *another* door, this one made of
sapphire. So it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald,
silver, topaz, amethyst... Finally, the monks say, "This is the last key
to the last door." The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door,
turns the knob, and behind that door he is amazed to find the source of
that strange sound.....
Scroll down..are you ready????
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...............
...........
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But we can't tell you what it is because you're not a monk!!!!!!!
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