He is assigned to helping 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
The head monk, says, 'We have been copying
from the copies
for centuries, but you make a good point, my
son.'
He goes down into the dark caves underneath
the monastery
where the original manuscripts are held as
archives 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 down
to look for him.
He sees him banging his head against the wall
and wailing.
'We missed the
R
!
We missed the
R
!
We missed the
R
!'
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 was...
'CELEBRATE
!!!'
