中國寓言故事：疑人偷斧

思年

疑人偷斧這個寓言講述的是沒有依據去懷疑他人的故事。它啟示我們主觀成見是認識客觀真理的障礙。當人以成見去觀察世界時，必然歪曲客觀事物的原貌。

Once upon a time， there was a villager who lost a hatchet.

古時候，有個鄉(xiāng)下人丟失了一把斧頭。

He suspected that his neighbor’s son had stolen it.

他懷疑是鄰居的兒子偷的。

Thereupon， he watched every move of the neighbor’s son.

于是，他處處注意鄰居兒子的一舉一動。

He felt that his gait， his voice， and his facial expressions were all not the same as usual.

總覺得他走路的樣子、說話的聲音、面部的表情，都跟往常不一樣。

It really seemed that the hatchet had been stolen by him.

斧頭很像是他偷的。

After a few days， the hatchet was found.

過了幾天，斧頭找到了。

It turned out to be that when he went up the hill to cut firewood a few days ago， he left his hatchet there.

原來，前幾天，他上山砍柴的時候，把斧頭掉在山上了。

The following day when he met the neighbor’s son again， he noticed that his gait， his voice， and his facial expressions were not like those of a hatchet-stealer at all.

第二天，他又碰見鄰居的兒子，再注意看他走路的樣子、說話的聲音、面部的表情，卻都不像是一個偷斧頭的人。

（思 年 摘編）