"A man was driving down the road and his car breaks
down near a monastery.
YOU ARE NOT A MONK
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.
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 45 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,
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