Alf, a young man seeking wisdom about the arts, found Zen, an ancient and wise sage, a hermit, who lived in a reed hut on the side of a steep valley in the Nepalese Mountains.
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The young man gave the wise man an offering of berries, and a cloak made of Himalayan goat hair.
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The wise man accepted the gifts and settled down upon his hut’s threshold.
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The young man saw that it was time to ask his question.
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Alf “What’s a ‘Haiku’, Zen?”
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Zen “When a dove is on your roof
That is what you hear!”
Graeme Sandford 