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A new monk arrives at the monastery. He is assigned to help the other
monks in copying the old texts by hand. He notices, however, that they
are copying
from copies, not the original manuscripts.
So, the new monk goes to the head monk to ask him about this. He points
out that if there were an error in the
first copy, that error would be
continued in all of the other 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 cellar with
one of the copies to check it against the original.
Hours go by and nobody sees him. So, one of the monks goes downstairs to
look for him. He hears sobbing coming from the back of cellar, and finds
the old monk leaning over one of the original books crying. He asks the
old monk what's wrong, and in a choked voice came the reply...
"The word is celebrate."
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