And an old monk came to me and asked in a kind voice if I was hungry.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

I had never seen a real live monk before.

VOA: special.2010.08.01

He retired more than a decade ago to become a Buddhist monk but the Japanese government brought him out of retirement to bring JAL out of bankruptcy.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

"When I found a medieval abbey in France that said they had been baking for 1300 years, but had lost the last monk who knew how to bake bread, I volunteered to come over and bake some bread for them.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16