A boy bathing in a river was in danger of being drowned. He called out to a passing traveler for help but instead of holding out a helping hand the man stood by unconcernedly and scolded the boy for his imprudence. "Oh sir!" cried the youth "pray help me now and scold me afterwards."
有一天，有個(gè)小男孩在河里洗澡，遇到了危險(xiǎn)，眼看要被淹死時(shí)，看見有人路過，連忙大聲呼救。然而，那人卻責(zé)備小男孩太魯莽和太冒險(xiǎn)。小孩回答：「請(qǐng)你還是先把我救起來，再責(zé)備吧。」
Counsel without help is useless.
這個(gè)故事帶出的啟示就是：該說的時(shí)候說，該做的時(shí)候做。
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