There once was a little boy who had a bad temper .His father gave him a bag of nails and toldhim that erevy time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
从前，有个小男孩儿，脾气很坏。他的父亲给了他一包钉子，并告诉他每次发脾气时，就用锤子把一根钉子钉在篱笆上。
The first day,the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence.Over the next few weeks,as he learnedto control his anger.the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down.Hediscovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails to the fence.
第一天，男孩儿钉了37根钉子。接下来的几个星期，他学会了控制自己的脾气，每天钉的钉子数目逐渐减少了。他发现，控制脾气要比钉钉子容易些。