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 campcoach(教练) about it.
The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Tom’s biscuits behind a tree. Hecame up withan i![]()
to solve the problem. He found Tom and said to him, “I know whot![]()
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 explainedpatiently. “That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask f![]()
morebiscuits.”
Tom received another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later. “Now,” said the coach, “go ands![]()
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 toaccept 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 soimportant.
In some situations, forgiveness is better than punishment.