To bring up another story (Nyom
Marcel ) , that might maybe (literary) look correct, where "the Devas" in somehow gave a lesson.
Some days ago, my person came back from a long alms-round-journey, having got 'just' two spoons of plank rice.
Back arriving at the Ashram, Nyom Chanroth was working on the building. Now a little unsatified by the todays meal, my person remembered having seen that visitors had abounded (not offered but left over: 'for whom ever') some cans of milk, and the thought accure in me: "What if I try such as 'making one offering', now where there is a learned person in Vinaya avaliable?"
So my person cooked some coffee, later walked to Chanroth, 'noting', "there is coffee and milk is in the store under the Kuti-floor."
It was about 11:30. After 'mentioning' again "milk is under the floor", my person prepared his coffee with some sugar and sitting down started to 'eat'.
Chanroth, after a while, came up. Went into the Kuti, fetched a can sat down and put the can next his stuff. My person had to laugh about this lesson, but somehow released, having no well being in such suggestions, yet it seems that it was needed to have tried 'usual' ways.
A little later, question about my persons alm-round came up. Becoming aware of todays situation the idea arose in him: "What, Ven. if you take some milk, it's not noon." Staying silent, he stood up, walked again into the Kuti and fetched another can which he offered my person.
One could use an old German saying: "I had (at least) fortune in unfortuness.", next to a practical lesson and direct perception of what makes sense and what not, even having 'known' it before.
At least my person broke 'only' his tudonga-precept of only taking one meal a day. So 'poor' anyhow, from a practicing view.