The Chest within the Secret Chamber
At an historical 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 previous Mom Superior’s locked picket chest was saved.
Sister Beatrice, having been on the convent for thirty years, was solely consumed by curiosity. One evening, 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, little one. Since you’ve gotten 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 really magnificent! I like you immensely. However… what concerning the €50,000?”
The Mom Superior’s face turned completely expressionless as she replied:”Ah. That’s as a result of each time the chest grew to become fully stuffed with beans, I needed to take them to the native wholesale market to promote to the eating places to filter some area.”
