沃尔特7岁的儿子染上了偷东西的恶习,他用尽一切法子都无法让儿子悔改。 在一次争执中,绝望的沃尔特给了儿子一记响亮的耳光。儿子捂住脸愣在那里,因为此前父亲从未动过他一个手指头。 随后,沃尔特不安地回到房间,脸上满是泪痕。但令人惊奇的是,儿子从此再也没有偷过东西,父子俩也和好如初,一家人又恢复了往曰的欢乐。 多年以后,儿子和母亲回忆起这件意义非凡的往事。 儿子问:“妈妈,你知道为什么从那以后,我就不再偷东西了吗?” “当然,”母亲微笑着说,“因为你爸爸打了你。” “不,”儿子回答,“是因为爸爸哭了。” Because My Father Wept Walter’s son of seven years old got a bad habit of stealing; he tried every way, but couldn’t make his son repent. In a dispute, desperately, Walter boxed his son hard in the face. The son was stunned there covering his face because his father had never beaten him before. Then, Walter walked back to his room uneasily, his face stained with tears. But surprisingly, his son had never stolen anything since then; the father and his son Many years later, the son and his mother recalled such an extraordinary past event. The son asked, “Mom, do you know why I will never steal anything after that?" “Of course,” she said with a smile, "because your father beat you.” “No,” the son replied, “because my father wept." |