EPISODE 1
In a monastery lived a certain monk for
18yrs without coming out.The
monk,though a holy man,sometimes
questions why God should create people
beautiful while others very ugly,some too
tall,others too short,some too fat others
tinny:why God should make some people
to be basking in wealth,while others living
in abject poverty etc.
This disparity was giving him a serious
cause for concern and caused him
sleepless nights.
One day,an angel of God appeared to him
and said''my friend,you have lived here for
a long time without coming out.Now come
with me lets take a walk round the town
so that you can refresh your memory with
the city life.
The monk agreed and they set out.As they
were going,they saw a group of people
rejoicing and celebrating.The angel said to
the monk''enter there''They both
entered.The owner of the house received
them warmly.He offered them food and
drink.After they had eaten(though the
angel did not eat but was pretending to be
eating)the angel asked the man''what is
this celebration all about?"
The man replied''the man i had been in
enemity with for the past 10 years,called
me and made peace with me.He gave me
this golden cup as a sign of our
reconciliation,so i called my relations and
friends to rejoice with me,for this former
enemy of mine has made peace with me''
The angel nodded and said''Thank God.It's
more rewarding to be at peace with
people than to keep malice.Go ahead with
your celebration but we shall be taking our
leave now''
The man bade them farewell''thank sirs
for your visit,i appreciate,farewell".
The angel and the monk left.
Somewhere along the road,the angel
dipped hand inside his pocket and brought
out that man's golden cup and showed to
the monk and said''i have stolen that
man's golden cup''
the monk was really surprised at this.
''what!''the monk exclaimed.''why did you
do such a devilish deed? That man was
kind to us.Even without knowing who we
were,he received us into his house,gave us
food and drink.why pay him back with
evil?"
The angel told him to keep quiet and stop
asking foolish questions.Helplessly and
sheepishly,the monk moved on and the
angel followed.
...What do you think of this angel?..
