一位父亲有几个孩子,这些孩子时常发生口角。他丝毫没有办法来劝阻他们,只好让他们看看不合群所带来害处的例子。为了达到这个目的,有一天他叫他们替他拿一捆细柴来。当他们把柴带来时,他便先后地将那捆柴放在每一个孩子的手中,吩咐他们弄断这捆柴。他们一个个尽力去试,总是不能成功。
然后他解开那捆柴,一根根地放在他们手里,如此一来,他们便毫不费力地折断了。于是他就告诉他们说:「孩子们!如果你们大家团结一致,互相帮助,你们就像这捆柴一样,不能被你们的敌人折断;但如果你们自行,你们就将和这些散柴一般,不堪一折了。」
牧人和丢失的公牛伊索寓言故事中的.牧人是聪明的,他懂得一个很重要的道理:牺牲。没有付出怎么能有回报呢?为了一头小牛,他愿意牺牲一只羊;为了自己性命,他愿意再舍弃一头大牛,可谓明智。所以当你面对挫折,力图挽回损失的时候,不必强求完璧归赵,只要努力使损失降到最低就可以满足了,否则你有可能会失去更多的东西。“赔了夫人又折兵”,岂不是得不偿失?
THE HERDSMAN AND THE LOST BULL
A Herdsman was tending his cattle when he missed a young Bull,one ofthe finest ofthe herd.He went at once to look for him,but,meeting with no success in his search.he made a vow that.if he should discover the thief,he would sacrifice a calf to Jupiter.Continuing his search,he entered a thicket,where he presently espied a lion devouring the lost Bull.Terrified with fear,he raised his hands to heaven and cried,“Great Jupiter,I vowed i would sacrifice a calf to thee if I should mdiscover the thief:but now a full-grown Bull I promise thee if only i myself escape unhurt from his clutches.”
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