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A new young monk arrives at the monastery.
He is assigned to help 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."
So, he goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where
the original manuscript is held 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 downstairs to look for him.
He sees him banging his head against the wall, and wailing "We
forgot the 'R', We forgot the 'R' !"
The abbott is absolutely distraught, crying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old abbot, "What's wrong, father?"
With a choking voice, the old abbot replies:
"The word is 'celebrate'
He is assigned to help 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."
So, he goes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where
the original manuscript is held 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 downstairs to look for him.
He sees him banging his head against the wall, and wailing "We
forgot the 'R', We forgot the 'R' !"
The abbott is absolutely distraught, crying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old abbot, "What's wrong, father?"
With a choking voice, the old abbot replies:
"The word is 'celebrate'