A man has a breakdown and finds himself outside a monastery. 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, as luck would have it, as if by some divine intervention, the
same man breaks down in front of the same m onastery.
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, 284,876,232, 439,235,109 blades of grass and
231,281,219, 999,129,987, 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 and neither am
I.
DON'T SWEAR AT ME;
I'M STILL HUNTING FOR THE IDIOT WHO STARTED THIS!
but I bet you are sending it on!!!!
