True courage

佚 名

A father was worried about his son,who was sixteen years old but had no courage at all.So the father decided to call on a senior to train his boy.

The senior said to the boy's father,“You should leave your son alone here.I'll make him a real man within three months.However,you can't come to see him during this period.”

Three months later,the boy's father returned.The senior arranged a boxing match between the boy and an experienced boxer.

Each time the boxer struck the boy,he fell down,but at once the boy stood up;and each time a punch knocked him down,the boy stood up again.Several times later,the senior asked,“What do you think of your child?”

“What a shame!”the boy's father said.“I never thought he would be so easily knocked down.I needn't have him left here any longer.”

“I'm sorry that that's all you see.Don't you see that each time he falls down,he stands up again instead of crying? That's the kind of courage you wanted him to have,”the senior said.

一位父亲很为儿子担心，虽然儿子已经16 岁了，却一点儿勇气都没有。于是父亲决定去拜访一位长者，请他训练自己的儿子。

这位长者对男孩的父亲说：“你应该把你儿子单独留在这里。不出三个月，我会让他成为一个真正的男子汉。不过，在这段时间，你不能来看他。”

三个月后，男孩的父亲又来见长者。长者安排这个男孩和一位经验丰富的拳师进行拳术比赛。

拳师每次一出手，男孩都被击倒在地上，但男孩又马上站起来；每次被击倒，他就又站起来。几个回合后，长者问道：“你认为你的孩子怎么样？”

“真丢人！”男孩的父亲说，“我根本没想到他是这么不堪一击。我不需要让他再留在这里了。”

长者说：“很遗憾，你只看到了这一点。难道你没看到他每次倒下后都重新站起来，而不是哭泣吗？这才是你想要他拥有的那种勇气。”