The Chest within the Secret Chamber
At an historic convent in Normandy, a strict rule had been enforced for over 200 years: no nun was ever permitted to enter the basement vault the place the outdated Mom Superior’s locked picket chest was saved.
Sister Beatrice, having been on the convent for thirty years, was completely consumed by curiosity. One night time, whereas the present Mom Superior was away at an emergency summit within the Vatican, Beatrice slipped downstairs with a grasp key and unlocked the chest. To her shock, it was fully empty, save for 2 issues: a small jar containing three broad beans, and a neatly stacked pile of money totaling €50,000.
The next morning, overwhelmed by guilt, Sister Beatrice knelt earlier than the returned Mom Superior to admit:”Mom, I’ve sinned deeply. I opened the forbidden chest within the vault. I noticed the three beans and the €50,000. Please, inform me their which means earlier than you challenge my penance.”
The Mom Superior sighed closely, helped her up, and stated: “I forgive your curiosity, baby. Since you could have already seen it, I shall inform you. Throughout my forty years of managing this convent, each time I sadly… lapsed and broke my vow of celibacy with a person, I positioned a single bean in that chest to remind myself of my mortal weak point.”
Sister Beatrice smiled with deep empathy and immense respect:”Oh, Mom! Forty years of isolation and solely three beans? Your religious self-discipline is actually magnificent! I like you immensely. However… what concerning the €50,000?”
The Mom Superior’s face turned totally expressionless as she replied:”Ah. That’s as a result of each time the chest turned fully filled with beans, I needed to take them to the native wholesale market to promote to the eating places to filter out some area.”
