Oldest daughter:
Will I be reborn as a person in my next life?
Old Woman:
Come here, I'll show you something.
[
dropping a palm-full of rice grains onto an upward needle]
Old Woman:
[
handing the needle to the girl] Tell me when a grain of rice balance on the tip of the needle.
Oldest daughter:
[
dropping rice onto the needle for a while]
Old Woman:
[
chuckles]
Oldest daughter:
That's impossible!
Old Woman:
See, my child? That's how hard it is to be born again as a person. That's why a human life is so valuable.
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