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The Old Monk...

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 copies, and not the original books. So, the new monk goes to the
head monk to ask him about this. He points out that if there was 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, the head monk goes down into the cellar with one of the copies to check
it against the original. Hours later, nobody has seen him. So, one of the
other monks goes downstairs to look for him. He hears sobbing coming from
the back of the cellar and finds the old monk leaning over one of the
original books crying.

"What's wrong?" he asks.

"The word is celebrate" sobs the old monk.
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