In
the Second Scroll of Wen the Eternally Surprised, a story is written concerning
one day when the apprentice Clodpool, in a rebellious mood, approached Wen and
spake thusly:
“Master, what is the difference between a humanistic monastic system of
belief in which wisdom is sought by means of an apparently nonsensical system
of questions and answers, and a lot of mystic gibberish made up on the spur of
the moment?”
Wen considered this for some time, and at last said: “A fish!”
And Clodpool went away, satisfied.
(from Thief of
Time by Terry Pratchett)
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