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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, 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 again accept him, feed him, 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 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 4⃣5⃣ 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 a 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 is another door🚪, this one made of sapphire,
- So it went until the man had gone through doors of emerald,
- silver,
- topaz,
- and amethyst.
- Finally, the monks say, This is the last key to the last door.
- The man is relieved to know end.
- He unlocks the door,
- turns the knob,
- and behind that door he is amazed to find the source of that strange sound
- . . . .
- . . . .
- . . . .
- . . . .
- 😐😶But he can't tell you what it is because you're not
- a monk
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