A boy stole a textbook from his classmate.when his mother found out about it,she did not blame him but encouraged him.Next time,the boy stole a shawl,his mother encouraged him more.By the time he grew up,he became a professional thief.He was caught in the act of stealing and was thrown into jail.He was sentenced to die.As he was led to the place of execution,he requested to have a few words with his mother.As his mother approached him and put her ears to his mouth,the young man bit his mother's ear off.He said :"Mum if you had given me a good lesson when I first stole the textbook,I would not have to die in humility today." 一个男孩从同学那里偷了一册课本，他的母亲发现后不但没有批评他反而夸奖了他；第二次他又偷了一件披肩，他的母亲更是称赞他，男孩，长大后成了惯偷。一次，他在行窃时被抓住了，被关到监狱里判了死刑。上刑场的时候，他说想在母亲的耳边说几句话。他的母亲刚把耳朵凑上去，就被那青年一口咬了下来。她说：“妈妈！在我第一次偷那册课本时，你若教育了我，我也不至于今天蒙羞而死了。”
