Wood and Apple

A Zen master fell that himself is old and is time to decide his successor. So he ask all his student out to chopping for wood in the hill that is opposite the river.

There is no boat along the river. All his students fail to chop any wood because the river is deep and rapid.

The Zen master is quite dissapointing and say nothing. At this moment, one of his student give him an apple and say, "Although I fail to bring back any wood, I bring back some apples from the apple tree beside the river."