Cochonfucius goes to the city

1. A voracious ate up Cochonfucius's whole supply of

2. Cochonfucius went to the city of

3. He wanted to get a fresh supply of

4. He left his house, trusting it to the

5. He asked three of his followers to join him after a few days.

6. He told them to take care of Margoton in the meantime.

7. He went to the city, and gorged on

8. He fell asleep in a garden.

9. When he woke up, he wrote a letter to Yake Lakang about a dream; and the first went North.




10. The three followers went West.

11. They went through a desert.

12. They went over a thousand mountains.

13. They went along the River.

14. They came to the city of

15. They asked for their Master.

16. The city was so huge, they could never find him.

17. They asked a and found out that the Master was not famous at all.

18. They opened a teahouse, serving mainly in case he would care to come there; and the second went into the vernal breeze.




19. The first follower, strolling in a garden, met an unknown lady.

20. Each morning, he journeyed in her company, to the realm of delusion.

21. He became one more lazybones in the City.

22. The second follower built some

23. In the morning, he went to various monasteries, to peddle his wonderful machines.

24. The idle monks were grateful that he spared them the burdens of their trade.

25. The third one served in the teahouse.

26. All day long, he served

27. All the people in the city came to him, and the third went to a bunch of trees.




28. The three followers stayed in the city for a long time.

29. Unable to learn from the Master, they taught each other.

30. They wanted to have followers of their own.

31. But no people from the City, in case the Master would hear of it.

32. One spring evening, they went to the garden.

33. In great ceremony, they bowed to the horizon of

34. They listened to inner voices.

35. They selected nine Western

36. They instructed them, and the fourth went away, and its gait made one think of the

37. The acquired the Great Learning.

38. They got employment from the City Hall.

39. Everyone admired their faith in Cochonfucius.

40. But they were not sure about their role in transmitting the Learning.

41. One spring evening, they went to the garden.

42. Shall we, they said, proceed to some more admissions?.

43. Each of these adopted one

44. This commemorated the loss of the

45. Each had to establish one chapter of the Learning, and the fifth one went into the mist.




46. The fourth had a gait that made one think of the

47. It spoke up.

48. It said the Learning would not benefit from recruiting new followers, as long as the Master was absent.

49. And that a book is made of chapters.

50. And if one makes a chapter, nine make a book.

51. It took a sheet of paper.

52. It asked its eight siblings to do the same.

53. Each went into the teahouse.

54. They reappeared in the garden, each of them with a white sheet and a bucket of black ink, and the sixth went in the direction of the star Gaoxing.




55. The first spoke of its cousin, who stole

56. It said how Cochonfucius had left his native country.

57. The second told of desert, mountains and river.

58. They told of that huge maze of a city.

59. They drew its plan.

60. They drew each street and house, every branch on a tree.

61. One of them was a great perfectionist.

62. It was the fourth one, with a look that made one think of

63. It thought about writing this book, and looked at its partner, the seventh, going away with a hell of a noise.




64. The fourth described the recruiting rite.

65. It described the garden.

66. It explained about honorific ranks, from "First" to "Ninth" inclusively.

67. It explained that recruiting is pointless, when the Master is not here.

68. And that a book is made of chapters.

69. And that each can take care of a chapter, even if it looks like the

70. They put the written sheets to dry in the garden.

71. At the four corners of each sheet, they put a large stone.

72. The eighth went on to new adventures.




73. A rooster crowed in the garden.

74. The last was standing on the wall.

75. Quickly, the rooster went near it.

76. The last went cautiously away.

77. The three followers came to the garden.

78. At the gate, a drifter begged for some bread.

79. "Please note this", he said. "This city is huge, and once you get lost..."

80. They recognized the voice of their Master.

81. The three guys could not believe it, that their followers had gone away, that their Master was back, that it was all written in this book, very similar to the Canon of Reason and Virtue.

The ninth started to walk toward dark realms






in this city, they drink mystical plonk
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