男孩和蕁麻 The Boy and the Nettles

    A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle . He ran home to tell his mother what had happened.
    "I only touched it lightly," he said, "and the nasty thing stung me."
    "It stung you because you only touched it lightly," his mother told him." Next time you touch a nettle grasp it as tightly as you can. Then it won't sting you at all."    

    有個男孩子在地里玩耍，被蕁麻刺痛了。他跑回家去，告訴媽媽出了什么事。
    "我不過輕輕地碰了它一下，"他說，"那討厭的東西就把我刺痛了。"
    "你只輕輕地碰了它一下，所以它才刺痛你，"媽媽對他說，"下一回你再碰到蕁麻，就盡量緊緊地抓住它。那它就根本不會刺痛你了。"
 
寓意：
 Face danger boldly.   要敢于面對危險。