Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp. He ate a few and placed the r
under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was m
. He went to tell his camp coach(教练) about it.
The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Tom’s biscuits behind a tree. He came up with an i
to solve the problem. He found Tom and said to him, “I know who t
away your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a lesson?”
“Well, yes…are you going to p
him, sir?” Tom asked. “No, I am not,” the coach explained patiently. “That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask f
more biscuits.”
Tom received another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later. “Now,” said the coach, “go and s
them with the boy who stole your biscuits.” Tom didn’t understand the coach’s meaning. H
, he still followed his advice.
Half an hour later the coach saw the two b
come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to accept his toy robot in payment for(赔偿) the stolen biscuits. And Tom was r
the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so important.
In some situations, forgiveness is better than punishment.