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A boy bathing in a river was in danger of being drowned.He called out to a passing traveler for help,but instead of holding out a helping hand,the man stood by unconcernedly,and scolded thy boy for his imprudence."Oh,sir!"cried the youth,"pray help me now and scold me afterwards".
有一天一个小男孩在河里洗澡，遇到了危险，眼看要被淹死时，看见有人路过，连忙大声呼救，然而，那人却责备小男孩太鲁莽和太冒险，小孩回答：请你还是先把我救上来在责备吧。
Counsel without help is useless.
这个故事带出的启示是：该说的时候说，该做的时候做。
The Lion and the Mouse
A lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face.Rising up angrily,he caught him and was about to kill him,when the Mouse piteously entreated,saying:"If you would only spare my life,I would be sure to repay your kindness,"The lion laughed and let him go.It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters,who bound him by strong ropes to the ground ,The Mouse,recognizing his roar,came gand gnawed the rope with his teeth and set him free,exclaiming:
狮子睡着了，有只老鼠跳到了他身上，狮子猛然站起来，把他抓住，准备吃掉，老鼠请求饶命，并说如果保住性命，必将报恩，狮子轻蔑的笑了笑，便把他放走了，不久，狮子真的被老鼠救了性命，原来狮子被一个猎人抓获，并用绳索把他捆在一棵树上，老鼠听到了他的哀嚎，走过去咬断绳索，放走了狮子，并说：
"You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you ,expecting to receive from me any repayment of you favor;now you konw that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion."
"你当时嘲笑我，不相信能得到我的报答，现在可清楚了，老鼠也能报恩"
这个故事说明，明运交替变更，强者也会有需要弱者的时候。
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