The Pretty Lady !

Once upon a time a two monks an older and a younger were traveling together They came to the bank of a river and found the bridge was damaged. They had to wade across the river.

There was a pretty lady who was stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn’t cross the river. The older monk offered to carry the pretty lady across the river on his back. The lady accepted.

The younger monk was shocked by the move of the older monk. “How can big brother carry a lady when we are supposed to avoid all intimacy with females?” thought the younger monk. But he kept quiet.

The older monk carried the lady across the river and the younger monk followed unhappily. When they crossed the river, the older monk let the pretty lady down and they parted ways with her.

All along the way for several miles, the younger monk was very unhappy with the act of the older monk. He was making up all kinds of accusations about the older monk in his head. This got him madder and madder.But he still kept quiet. And the older monk had no inclination to explain his situation.

Finally, at a rest point many hours later, the younger monk could not stand it any further, he burst out angrily at the older monk. “How can you claim yourself a devout monk, when you seize the first opportunity to touch a female, especially when she is very pretty? All your teachings to me make you a big hypocrite.”

The older monk looked surprised and said, “I had put down the pretty lady at the river bank many hours ago, how come you are still carrying her along?”

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