Small lexicon
(words chosen in homage to Lao Tse
in his Tao Te Ching)
THE TEN THOUSAND CREATURES:
the living beings
THE HUNDRED FAMILIES:
the human beings
THE PRINCE:
the one who rules
THE MASTER:
the one who knows
THE SERVANT:
the one who serves
THE SAGE: the sage
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- I cannot use the landline telephone anymore!
- Is it broken down?
- You can say so.
- How so?
- As soon as I get close to it, it tells me that it is busy.
- Call the complaints.
- Oh, I often did it!
- What did they answer you?
- I’m hanging up in one minute, Dad!
- I see; your daughter is stuck on the phone.
- Absolutely!
- Buy her a mobile.
- I’ve thought about it many times, but my brother-in-law advised me against it.
- How so?
- She’ll be stuck on the phone.
- I think she’s already stuck, isn’t she?
- She is eight years old.
- I am aware of it.
- He says that I won’t know what she is talking about, nor to whom.
- You don’t even know what she is talking about, nor to whom when she is outside.
- You are right.
A few days later.
- What about this mobile?
- It's done!
- What has your brother-in-law said?
- He asked me if I had bought a mobile for the cat too.
- Very funny! What did you answer him?
- Yes; I told him that the cat was not a trouble, because it only phoned on the landline telephone when we were sleeping!
(Praecor)
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The Thought of the Day
by Serge Bassenko |
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THE MASTER HAS BENT THE BRANCH
AND THE SAGE WITHDRAWS
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(智者 之 書)
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版权所有 2000
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