A Buddhist monk is walking down the street when he notices a very small boy trying to reach the door knocker on a house across the street. However, the boy is very small, and the knocker is out of his reach.

After watching the boy reach and reach with no success, the monk, experiencing sympathy for the small boy's plight, crosses the street to help.

Walking up behind the little fellow, the monk places one hand kindly on the child's shoulder, leans over and gives the knocker several solid knocks.

Crouching down to the child's level, the monk smiles benevolently and asks, "And now what, my little man?"

To which the child replies, "Now we run like Hell!"