Narrator: Once there was a beggar in a distant land. Every day he noticed that his food disappeared. One day he caught the mouse that kept stealing his food. Beggar: "Why are you stealing from me? I am a homeless man, you can steal from richer people than me and it won't have any effect on them." Mouse: "It is your karma that you can only have eight items in your possession, no matter how much you beg, no matter how much you gather, this is all you'll be able to have." Beggar: "Why is that my destiny?" Mouse: "I don't know. You should go and ask the Buddha." Narrator: So the homeless man went on his journey to find the Buddha. As he was going, he got tired and it was night, so he ended up at a merchant's house and asked if he could stay the night. Merchant let him in. Merchant: "Young man why are you travelling so late?" Beggar: "I have a question for the Buddha and tomorrow I'll be on my way....