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99. DO NOT CONCEAL THE TEACHER HOWEVER LOW
A certain barber possessed occult powers by which he could make his tool kit hang in the air. A certain monk once saw the strange phenomenon and asked the barber whether he could instruct him in the strange art. The barber agreed and the monk acquired the magical art. He made a big display of his art of leaving his staff hanging in mid air and every one was so greatly impressed, that they showered all kinds of worship on the monk. Even the king was amazed and he asked the monk how he had acquired the extraordinary power that enabled him to leave things suspended in the air without any support. The monk boasted that this knowledge came to him from a certain sage whose home was the Himalayas and food only fruits. As soon as he completed the fictitious story, the staff that he had left suspended in the air fell down on the ground with a thud and his mysterious power disappeared.
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