A Bowl of Rice or Flowers
Published Jan 01, 1900
A sailor, after placing some flowers on a grave in a cemetery, noticed an old Chinese man placing a bowl of rice on a nearby grave, and asked, "What time do you expect your friend to come up and eat the rice?"
The old Chinese man replied with a smile, "Same time your friend come up to smell the flowers."
Originally published November 14, 2002.
