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“The Monk and the Abbott“
There was a young monk in Lunigiana who came upon a beeline for the young monk’s room. You can probably
a beautiful peasant girl gathering herbs nearby his imagine what he does when he finds the lovely young
monastery. He falls in lust with her and convinces girl there. The Abbot is too old and large to assume the
her to come back to his cell so that they can indulge “missionary position.” He lets the girl be alpha for this
themselves. The Abbot hears them having fun in his one. The young monk doesn’t actually go for the firewood.
room. The Abbot decides to hang onto that information He stands in the corridor and watches. When the Abbot’s
for later. The young monk knows he’s in trouble when he done with the girl, he decides to scold the young monk
hears someone in the hallway. He looks through a crack anyway. But the young monk’s ready for him. He pretends
in the door and sees the Abbot. But he’s a quick thinker that the Abbot’s scolding him for his “technique” and
and comes up with a plan. He tells the girl he’s going not for the fact that he’d had a girl in his room. I didn’t
to find her a way out. Then he goes to the Abbot and realize that we monks had women to “support,” he jokes.
hands him his key (the monks do this whenever they’re He promises to do better next time. So the young monk
leaving). He tells the Abbot that he’s going to pick up the gets away with his offense and finds ways to bring the
remaining firewood he’d left outside. The Abbot makes girl back for more visits.
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