[Lantern] The Monk And The Leopard

Sep 26, 2007 20:39

Once, a priest was walking down the road to Yuen-Man when a leopard leapt from the brush and sunk its teeth into his chest. Upon seeing that his victim was a holy man the leopard apologized, but for several days the priest lay near death as he bled his heart-blood ( Read more... )

tale/fable, adravet, [lantern]

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mister_duster September 27 2007, 07:51:21 UTC
Wow... that's really... something. "Hah! I won't give you the chance to hurt me!"

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rubaiyyat September 27 2007, 12:36:54 UTC
[Lantern] Neither malice nor mockery was intended. Simple prudence ruled him. Having faced a killing strike it is but wise to guard oneself against it; having faced a heartstrike it is but wise to become a deeper person. There is no boast in the fable.

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