Mrs Brown went to visit one of her friend and carried a small box with holes punched in the top.
" What's in your box?" asked the friend.
"A cat" answered Mrs Brown. "You see I've been dreaming about mice at night and I'm so scared! This cat is to catch them."
"But the mice are only imaginary" said the friend.
"So is the cat" whispered Mrs Brown.
布朗夫人去拜访一位朋友她拿着一个顶部扎满了小眼儿的盒子. “盒子里装的是什么 ?”朋友问道. “一只小猫” 布朗夫人回答说“你知道我晚上睡觉总梦见老鼠我非常害怕.这只猫可以抓住那些老鼠.” “可老鼠都是假想的呀.”朋友说. “小猫也是假想的.” 布朗夫人小声说道.
A bird was confined in a cage outside a window. She often sang at night when all other birds were asleep.
One night a bat came. He asked the bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night.
The bird answered “Last year when I was singing in the daytime a bird catcher heard my voice and caught me in his net.Since then I have never sung by day.” The bat replied "But it is useless to do this now that you have become a prisoner." Then he flew away.
A fox's tail was caught in a trap. When he was trying to release himself he lost his whole tail except the stump.
At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail but he was determined to face his misfortune. He called all the foxes to a meeting.
When they had gotten together the fox said that they should all do away with their tails.
He said that their tails were very inconvenient when they met with their enemies. He did not talk about any advantages of the tail. "You are right" said one of the older foxes "but I don’t think you would advise us to do away with our tails if you hadn't lost it yourself first."
Every man carries Two Bags about with him，one in front and one behind and both are packed full of faults. The Bag in front contains his neighbours’ faults the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults but never fail to see those of others.