>This is really a great suspense...!!!!! > > >Read it carefully to know what it is. > > >A man is driving down the road and breaks down near > > >a monastery. He goes to the monastery, knocks on the > > >door, and says, My car broke down. > > >Do you think I could stay the night? > > the monks graciously accept him, feed him dinner, > > >even fix his car. As the man tries to fall asleep, > > >he hears a strange sound. The next morning, he asks > > >the monks what the sound was, but they say, We > > >can't tell you. You're not a monk. > > >The man is disappointed but thanks them anyway and > > >goes about his merry way. Some years later, the same > > >man breaks down in front of the same monastery. The > > >monks again accept him, feed him, even fix his car. > > >That night, he hears the same strange noise that he > > >had heard years earlier. > > >The next morning, he asks what it is, but the monks > > >reply, We can't tell you. You're not a monk. > > >The man says, All right, all right. I'm dying to > > >know. If the only way I can find out what that sound > > >was is to become a monk, how do I become a monk? > > >The monks reply, You must travel the earth and tell > > >us how many blades of grass there are and the exact > > >number of sand pebbles. When you find these numbers, > > >you will become a monk. > > >The man sets about his task. Some forty-five years > > >later, he returns and knocks on the door of the > > >monastery. He says, I have traveled the earth and > > >have found what you have asked for. There are > > >145,236,284,232 blades of grass and > > >231,281,219,999,129,382 sand pebbles on the earth. > > >The monks reply, Congratulations. You are now a > > >monk. We shall now show you the way to the sound. > > >The monks lead the man to a wooden door, where the > > >head monk says, The sound is right behind that > > >door. > > >The man reaches for the knob, but the door is > > >locked. He says, Real funny. May I have the key? > > >The monks give him the key, and he opens the door. > > >Behind the wooden door is another door made of > > >stone. The man demands the key to the stone door. > > >The monks give him the key, and he opens it, only to > > >find a door made of ruby. He demands another key > > >from the monks, who provide it. Behind that door is > > >another door, this one made of sapphire.. So it went > > >until the man had gone through doors of emerald, > > >silver, topaz, and amethyst. > > >Finally, the monks say, This is the last key to the > > >last door. > > >The man is relieved to no end. He unlocks the door, > > >turns the knob, and behind that door he is amazed to > > >find the source of that strange sound. > > > > > > >. . . . But I can't tell you what it is because > > > > > > > > > > > >you're not a monk