Once upon a time, an old man spread rumors that his neighbor was a thief.As a result, the young man was arrested.Days later the young man was proven innocent.After being released,the man felt humiliated as he walked to his home.He sued the old man for wrongly Accusing him.
從前，有一個老頭散布謠言說他的鄰居是個小偷。結果，這名年輕男子被捕了。幾天後，這個年輕人被證明是清白的。被釋放後，回到家中的他時感到十分羞辱。於是起訴了誣告他的老頭。
humiliate v. 羞辱；使喪失尊嚴。
In court, the old man told the Judge,「They were just comments,didn’t Harm anyone.」The judge, before passing sentence on the case,told the old man,「Write All the things you said about him on a piece of paper.Cut them up and On the way home, throw the pieces of paper out.Tomorrow,come back to Hear the sentence」.
在法庭上，老人告訴法官：「他們只是發表意見，沒有傷害任何人。」法官在對案件判決之前告訴老頭，「把你說的關於他所有的話都寫在一張紙上。剪下來，把紙片扔在回家的路上。明日再審判。
The next day, the judge told the old man,「Before receiving the sentence, you will have to go out and gather all the pieces of paper that you threw out yesterday」.The old man said,「I can’t do that!The wind must have spreads them and I won’t know where to find them」.
第二天，法官告訴老頭：「在接受判決之前，你必須出去收集昨天扔掉的所有紙片」。老頭說：「我做不到！風一定吹散了，我不知道去哪找。」
The judge then replied,「The same way, simple comments may destroy the honor of a man to such an extent that one is not able to fix it.The old man realized his mistake and asked for forgiveness」.
法官接著說：「同樣，簡單的評頭論足可能會毀掉一個人的聲譽，以至於無法修復。老頭意識到了自己的錯誤，請求寬恕。」
Moral:Do not malignant or blame anyone without knowing the fact or truth.Your words may ruin someone’s reputation without any fault of theirs.
寓意：不要在不明真相的情況下對他人毒舌。你的話可能會毀了別人的聲譽，而實際上別人並無任何過錯。
malignant adj.惡性的；惡意的；惡毒的。