伊索寓言：被狗咬的人（The Man Bitten by a Dog）

The Man Bitten by a Dog

被狗咬的人

A MAN who had been bitten by a Dog went about in quest of someone who might heal him. A friend, meeting him and learning what he wanted, said, "If you would be cured, take a piece of bread, and dip it in the blood from your wound, and go and give it to the Dog that bit you." The Man who had been bitten laughed at this advice and said, "Why? If I should do so, it would be as if I should beg every Dog in the town to bite me."

Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed increase their means of injuring you.

有個人被狗咬傷，四處求醫(yī)治傷，仍無顯著療效。有人向他建議，用麵包擦乾傷口上的血，再扔給咬他的狗吃。他回答說：「我想如果這樣做，那么全城所有的狗一定都會來咬我?！?/span>

這個故事帶出的啟示就是：惡若受到鼓勵，就會更加為非作歹，為所欲為。