The disciple asked the master, “Do you believe in God?”
The master replied, “Apples!”
Confused, the disciple tried again, “Are you an atheist?”
The master replied, “Probably blue.”
Exasperated, the disciple asked, “What are you saying?”
The master replied, “What are you asking?”

The master sits by the river, doing nothing.
And the wind blows.
And the grass grows.

A young woman in a small village was discovered to be pregnant. The family members demanded to know who the father was. The young girl confessed that it was the old master who lived alone in the woods a short distance from the village.
The angry mob of family and relatives went to the master’s house [...]