YOU ARE NOT A MONK

This is the best story I've ever read..........
A man is driving down the road and
breaks down near a monastery. He goes
to the monastery, knocks on the door,
and says, “My car broke down.Do you
think I could stay the night?”The monks
graciously accept him, feed him dinner,
and even fix his car. As the man falls
asleep that night, he hears a strange
sound. The next morning, he asks the
monks what the sound was.”We can’t tell
you. You’re not a monk” they
respond.The man is disappointed but
thanks them anyway and continues on his
trip.Several years later the same man
breaks down in front of the same
monastery. The monks again accept him,
feed him, and even fix his car.That night,
he hears the same strange noise that he
had heard years earlier.The next morning
he again asks what it is, and again the
monks reply,”We can’t tell you. You’re
not a monk.” The man says, “All right, all
right.I’m dying to know. If the only way I
can find out the source of that sound is to
become a monk, tell me how do I
become amonk?” “You must travel the
earth and tell us how many blades of
grass there are and the exact number of
sand pebbles.When you find these
numbers, you will becom a monk,” they
reply. The man sets about his task.Many
years later he returns and knocks on the
door of the monastery. “I have traveled
the earth and have found what you asked
for. There are145,236,284,232 blades of
grass and 231,281,219,999,129,382 sand
pebbles on the earth.””Congratulations!”
the monks reply. “You are now a monk.
We will now show you the way to the
sound.”The monks proceed to lead the
man to a wooden door, where the
headmonk says, “The sound is behind that
door.”The man reaches for the knob, but
cannot open it because the door is
locked.”Really funny,” he says,”May I
have the key please?”The monks give him
the key and he opens the door. Behind
the wooden door is another door made of
stone. The monks give him the key to this
door too, and he opens it-only to find a
door made of ruby. He asks for,and
receives another key from the monks.
But behind that door is another door, this
one made of sapphire. On and on this
went until the man had gone through
doors of emerald, silver, topaz,and
amethyst. Finally the man is relieved to
hear the monks say, “This is the last key
to the last door.”He unlocks the door,
turns the knob, and behind that door he is
amazed to find the source of that strange
sound.
But I can’t tell you what it is because
you’re not a monk.