to helping the other monks in copying the old canons and
Laws of the church by hand.
He notices, however, that all of the monks are copying
from copies, not from the original manuscript. So, the
new monk goes to the head abbot to question this,
pointing out that if someone made even a small error
in the first copy, it would never be picked up! In fact,
that error would be continued in all of the subsequent copies.
The head monk, says, 'We have been copying
from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son.'
underneath the monastery where the original manuscripts are
held as archives in a locked vault that hasn't been opened for
hundreds of years.. Hours go by and nobody sees the old abbot..
So, the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him.
He sees him banging his head against the wall and wailing,
'We missed theR! We missed the R! We missed the R!'
His forehead is all bloody and bruised and he is crying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old abbot, 'What's wrong, Father?'
With A choking voice, the old abbot replies,
'The word was...
CELEBRATE!!!'
No comments:
Post a Comment