从前有一个脾气很坏的男孩儿,他爸爸给了他一袋钉子说:“每次发脾气或者跟人吵架的时候,就在院子的篱笆上钉一根。”第一天,男孩钉了37根钉子。后面的几天,他学会了控制自己的脾气,每天钉的钉子也逐渐减少了。因为他发现:控制自己的脾气,实际上比钉钉子要容易得多。 There used to be a bad-tempered boy. His dad gave him a bag of nails and said: “Every time I lose my temper or quarrel with people, I nail a nail in the yard fence.” On the first day, the boy Nails 37 nails. In the following days, he learned to control his temper, and the number of nails nailed every day gradually decreased. Because he discovered that controlling his own temper is actually much easier than nailing nails.