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
subsequent
copies.
The
head
abbot
replies,
"We
have
been
copying
from
the
copies
for
centuries,
but
you
make
a
good
point,
my
son."

So,
the
head
monk
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
new
monk
gets
worried
and
goes
downstairs
to
look
for
the
elder
monk.
He
sees
him
banging
his
head
against
the
floor.
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
is

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