The Nails in the Fence 篱笆上的钉子

The Nails in the Fence 篱笆上的钉子

这个故事对 我们大家都有教育意义。在生活中，往往由于我们自己一时的冲动，说出伤害别人的话。或许事后你会为此向别人道歉，或许别人也会原谅你，但那种不良的感觉和 印象是无法抹去的。我们在日常生活中必须学会控制自己的情绪。俗话说：“良言一句三冬暖，恶语半句六月寒。”让我们提高素质，丰富涵养，共同创造一个互为 尊重和相互理解的和谐氛围吧。

The Nails in the Fence

篱笆上的钉子

There was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, “You have done well, my son, buy look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out, it won’t matter how many times you say I’m sorry, the wound is still there. A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.”

从前有一个小男孩儿脾气很坏。父亲给他一袋钉子，告诉他每当情绪失控时，就在篱笆的背面钉一颗钉子。
第一天，小男孩儿往篱笆上钉了37颗钉子。后来几周里，他逐渐学会了控制情绪，钉入篱笆的钉子日渐减少。他发现控制情绪比在篱笆上钉钉子要容易得多。
终于有一天，小男孩儿可以完全控制情绪了。他告诉了父亲，父亲建议他在能够控制情绪的日子里，每天拔下一颗钉子。
日子一天一天过去了，小男孩儿终于可以告诉父亲钉子全部拔掉了。父亲牵着儿子的手领他来 到篱笆前。他说：“儿子，干得不错。但你再看看篱笆上的这些洞。这道篱笆永远不是从前的篱笆了。每当你说气话时，也会留下同样的疤痕。你可以持刀刺伤别人 然后再拔出来，但不管你道歉多少次，伤痕依旧。口头的伤害同身体的伤害一样伤人啊。”