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                          "Grasshopper always wrong in argument with chicken"
                                     -- Book of Chan, compiled by O.P.U. sect
       
       ZARATHUD'S ENLIGHTENMENT
       
       Before he became a hermit, Zarathud was a young Priest, and took great 
       delight in making fools of his opponents in front of his followers.
       
           One day Zarathud took the students to a pleasant pasture and there 
       he confronted The Sacred Chao while She was contentedly grazing.
       
           "Tell me, you dumb beast," demanded the Priest in his commanding 
       voice, "why don't you do something worthwhile?  What is your purpose 
       in life, anyway?"
       
           Munching the tasty grass, The Sacred Chao replied, "MU."*
       
           Upon hearing this, absolutely nobody was enlightened.  Primarily 
       because nobody could understand Chinese.
       
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       * "MU" is the Chinese ideogram for NO-THING.
                                                               FIND PEACE
       TAO FA          [Illustration:  a book labeled "Words     WITH A 
       TSU-DAN         if Wisdom.  The pages are all blank.]   CONTENTED
                                                                  CHAO