The Boy Hunting Locusts 捉蚱蜢的小男孩
A BOY was hunting for locusts. He had caught agoodly number, when he saw a Scorpion, and mistaking him for alocust, reached out his hand to take him. The Scorpion, showing hissting, said: If you had but touched me, my friend, you would havelost me, and all your locusts too!"
有個小孩在城牆前捉蚱蜢,一會兒就捉了許多。忽然看見一隻蠍子,他以為也是蚱蜢, 便著兩手去捕捉他。蠍子舉起他的毒刺,說道:“來吧,如果你真敢這樣做,就連你捉的蚱蜢也會統統失掉。”
這故事告誡人們,要分辨清好人和壞人,區別對待他們。