A wolf met a lost lamb and decided not to be rough with it, but to find some excuses to prove to the lamb that the wolf had the right to eat it. He said to him, "Boy, you insulted me last year." "Really," the lamb bleated in a sad tone, "I wasn't born then." The wolf said, "You are eating in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the lamb, "I haven't tasted grass yet." The wolf said, "You drank from my well." "No," exclaimed the lamb, "I have never drunk water, because so far, my mother's milk is both food and drink for me." The wolf immediately caught him and ate him, saying, "All right! I won't skip dinner, even if you refute every accusation I make. " A tyrant always finds an excuse for his tyranny.
Bats and weasels
A bat fell to the ground and was caught by a weasel, begging for mercy. The weasel refused, saying that he was born the enemy of all birds. The bat assured him that he was not a bird but a mouse, so he was released. After a while, the bat fell to the ground again and was caught by another weasel. He also begged the weasel not to eat him. The weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, so he escaped for the second time. It is wise to make good use of the environment.
3. The lion and the mouse
A mouse ran past a lion and woke it up from sleep. He stood up angrily, grabbed the mouse and prepared to kill it. At this moment, the mouse piteously begged, "As long as you spare my life, I will definitely repay your kindness." The lion smiled and let him go. Shortly after this happened, the lion was caught by some hunters, and they tied him to the ground with ropes. The mouse recognized his roar, ran over and bit the rope with his teeth, let him out, and said loudly, "You laughed at the idea that I could help you, expecting to get anything in return from me;" I know now that even a mouse can cheat the lion's interests. "
Father and his son
A father has a son's family, and they are always quarrelling with each other. When his persuasion failed to calm their dispute, he decided to give them a practical example to illustrate the harm of disunity; For this purpose, one day he told them to give him a bundle of sticks. When they did, he put the firewood in each of their hands one by one and ordered them to break it into pieces. They tried their best, but they still couldn't do it. Next, he opened the firewood, separated the sticks one by one, and put them in the hands of his sons again. They easily broke them. He then said to them, "My sons, if you work together and help each other, you will be like this bundle of firewood and will not be hurt by your enemies;" But if you are divided against each other, you will break like these sticks. "
A charcoal burner is doing business in his own house. One day, he met a friend, a Fuller, and begged him to come and live with him, saying that they should be better neighbors and their housework expenses would be reduced. The bleacher replied, "This arrangement is impossible for me, because no matter what I bleach, you will immediately blacken it with your charcoal." Birds of a feather flock to gather.