The Ditch High Priest
There is something about me bringing back these old parables for DRY JOKE WEDNESDAY. well let's see how long I can keep up with this trend.
But you know there is nothing as lovely as a parable. The Bible is filled with them & we all love the Bible. And am sure other religious books as well.
In case you don't know what a parable is, a parable is a nice way of saying a harsh truth especially when you hide it in a story but the meaning is still obvious!
With that being said, this what I gat for today.
DITCH HIGH PRIEST
Kin'yo, an officer of the second rank, had a brother called the High Priest Ryogaku, an extremely bad-tempered man.
Next to his monastery grew a large nettle-tree which occasioned the nickname people gave him, the Nettle-tree High Priest.
"That name is outrageous", said the high priest, & cut down the tree.
The stump still being left, people referred to him now as the Stump High Priest. More furious than ever, Ryogaku had the stump dug up & thrown away, but this left a big ditch.
People now call him the Ditch High Priest.
ESSAYS IN IDLENESS
KENKO
JAPAN
(14TH CENTURY)
But you know there is nothing as lovely as a parable. The Bible is filled with them & we all love the Bible. And am sure other religious books as well.
In case you don't know what a parable is, a parable is a nice way of saying a harsh truth especially when you hide it in a story but the meaning is still obvious!
With that being said, this what I gat for today.
DITCH HIGH PRIEST
Kin'yo, an officer of the second rank, had a brother called the High Priest Ryogaku, an extremely bad-tempered man.
Next to his monastery grew a large nettle-tree which occasioned the nickname people gave him, the Nettle-tree High Priest.
"That name is outrageous", said the high priest, & cut down the tree.
The stump still being left, people referred to him now as the Stump High Priest. More furious than ever, Ryogaku had the stump dug up & thrown away, but this left a big ditch.
People now call him the Ditch High Priest.
ESSAYS IN IDLENESS
KENKO
JAPAN
(14TH CENTURY)
