思年

疑人偷斧这个寓言讲述的是没有依据去怀疑他人的故事。它启示我们主观成见是认识客观真理的障碍。当人以成见去观察世界时，必然歪曲客观事物的原貌。

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

古时候，有个乡下人丢失了一把斧头。

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

他怀疑是邻居的儿子偷的。

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

于是，他处处注意邻居儿子的一举一动。

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

总觉得他走路的样子、说话的声音、面部的表情，都跟往常不一样。

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

斧头很像是他偷的。

After a few days， the hatchet was found.

过了几天，斧头找到了。

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

原来，前几天，他上山砍柴的时候，把斧头掉在山上了。

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，他又碰见邻居的儿子，再注意看他走路的樣子、说话的声音、面部的表情，却都不像是一个偷斧头的人。

（思 年 摘编）