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A young monk arrives at the monastery. He isassigned to helpingthe other monks in copying the old canonsand laws of the church, byhand.
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Henotices, however, that all of the monks arecopying from copies, not from the original manuscript.
So, the new monk goes to the Old Abbot to questionthis, pointingout that if someone made even a smallerror in the first copy, itwould never be picked up! In fact, that error would be continued in allofthe subsequent copies.
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The head monk, says, "We have been copyingfrom the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son."
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Hegoes down into the dark caves underneath the monastery where the originalmanuscripts are held as archives, in a locked vaultthat hasn'tbeen opened for hundreds of years. Hours go by and nobody sees the Old Abbot.
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So,the young monk gets worried and goes down to look for him. He seeshim banging his head against the wall and wailing.
"Wemissed the R
We missed the R
We missed the bloody R
Hisforehead is all bloody and bruised and he iscrying uncontrollably.
The young monk asks the old Abbot,"What's wrong, father?"
Witha choking voice, the old Abbot replies,
"The word was ....