小鹿和他的母親 The Fawn and His Mother

A YOUNG FAWN once said to his Mother, "You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so?"

She smiled, and said:  "I know full well, my son, that all you say is true.  I have the advantages you mention, but when I hear even the bark of a single dog I feel ready to faint, and fly away as fast as I can."  

No arguments will give courage to the coward. 

有一天，小鹿對公鹿說道，“母親，你怎么還怕狗呢？你比他高大，比他跑得更快，而且還有很大的角用于自衛(wèi)。”母鹿笑著說：“孩兒，你說得都對，可我只知道一點，一聽到狗的叫聲，我就會不由自主地立刻逃跑。”

這故事說明，激勵那些天生膽小、軟弱的人毫無用處。