One day, when Tseng Shen's wife was going to the market, their son cried and wanted to go with her.
" Go back now ! " she wheedled him, " When I get home we'll kill the pig for you. "
Upon her return, she found Tseng Shen about to kill the pig. She hastily stopped him.
" I didn't really mean it, " she protested. " I just said that to keep the boy quiet. "
" How can you deceive a child like that ?" asked Tseng Shen. Children know nothing to begin with, but they copy their parents and learn from them. When you cheat the boy, you are teaching him to lie. If a mother deceives her child, he will not trust her, and that is no way to bring him up.
While hunting for prey, the tiger caught a fox.
You can't eat me ! said the fox. The Emperor of Heaven appointed me king of the beasts. If you eat me you'll be disobeying his orders. If you don't believe me, follow me.You will soon see whether the other animals run away at the sight of me or not.
Agreeing to this, the tiger accompanied him ; and all the beasts saw them they dashed away. Not realizing that they were afraid of him, the tiger thought they were afraid of the fox.STORY 2
The Fox who profited from the Tiger's might
