After school, when the novices line up to take the bus back to the monastery, other children sometimes gather around and make fun, shouting something like, "A monk is the last thing I want to be!" But the novices get used to this sort of thing, and these comments go in one ear and come out the other.
放學後慈光寺的沙彌們照例排隊一起走回寺，一群學童圍著他們笑鬧：「我不要當和尚！」小沙彌似已習慣，充耳不聞。