Jokes
exchanged between Master and disciples while having lunch and/or
dinner together. Jokes submitted by LA fellow initiates, in U.S.A.
(Originally In Au Lac Language)
A
businessman had two sons.
One was six years old and the other was nine. Since both husband
and wife were busy doing business, they did not have time to educate
their children; therefore, the two kids became so restless and hyperactive
that they got involved in any fight and minor theft. After going
to court for their children's wrongdoings, the couple was so depressed
that they both agreed to bring the kids to a church in the village
and asked the minister to educate them in hopes that they would
become better boys. Upon their insistence, the minister finally
agreed to spend some of his spare time to educate the youngsters.
He told the couple to send the younger one to him first. The couple
was elated. They took their younger son to the church the next morning
and went home with excitement.
The
minister took the boy into his office, thinking that he would teach
him a little bit on religion and virtue. Using a gentle voice, he
asked the boy: "Do you know where God is?" The boy did
not say anything. He was just quiet and looked around the room.
He looked at the pictures on the wall, and in the corner of the
room, and bent down to look under the table, et cetera. Finally,
he looked at the face of the minister without saying one word.
The
minister felt uneasy, but he reluctantly asked him one more time.
This time, he raised his voice thinking that, perhaps the boy had
not heard him clearly before. He repeated: "Do you know where
God is?" Hearing his loud voice, the boy's face looked a bit
frightened. However, besides looking around the room, he did not
say a word, and then again turned his eyes toward the face of the
minister.
At
this point, the minister could not bear it anymore. He pointed his
finger at the boy's face and yelled loudly: "I...I, I'm asking
you for the last time. Do you know where God is?"
This
time, the boy was truly scared. He hurriedly pushed aside the chair
and ran home. As he arrived home, he immediately looked for his
brother. Without saying a word, he pulled him to a corner and said
with a shaken voice: "This time, the matter is very grave!"
Watching his younger brother in such a terrible state, he was also
worried. He asked his younger brother again: "What happened?
You look so miserable?" The younger brother answered in a broken
voice: "God...has been stolen, and they suspect... suspect...
that we are the ones who took Hirm!!!"
The
Lost God