I was going through a thoughtful script this morning and felt astonished. It is so meaningful that I felt to share with you all...
Once three scholars on the way to the civil service
examination stopped to buy refreshments from a woman who sold pastries by the
wayside. One man was calm and quiet, while the other two argued over
literature.
The woman asked where they were going. The latter two told
her they were going to take the civil service examination. She said, "You
two scholars won't pass the exam; that other man will." The two men swore
at her and left.
When the results of
the examination turned out as the woman had predicted, the two scholars who had
failed went back to find out how she had known they would not pass, while the
third man would. They asked her if she knew physiognomy (face reading).
"No," she said, "all I know is that when a
pastry is thoroughly cooked, it sits there quietly, but before it's finished it
keeps on making noise."
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