Concentrate on one thing to the exclusion of others at your own peril.
燕子、蛇和法院
The Swallow,the Serpent,and the Court of Justice
燕子迁徙归来,喜爱和人居住在一起,于是就带着她的七个小宝宝在法院的墙上安了家。有一天,她外出觅食,贪吃的蛇爬进了她的巢,把她的孩子们全部吃掉了。归来的燕子,看着空空的巢穴,伤心极了。同伴纷纷来安慰她,可是燕子说:“我不仅因为失去孩子们而伤心,更是因为我在人类维护正义的地方遭遇了违反正义的事情。”
正义的维护不是一成不变的。
A Swallow,returning from abroad and especially fond of dwelling with men,built herself a nest in the wall of a Court of Justice and there hatched seven young birds. A Serpent gliding past the nest from its hole in the wall ate up the young unfledged nestlings. The Swallow,finding her nest empty,lamented greatly and exclaimed,“Woe to me a stranger!That in this place where all others’rights are protected,I alone should suffer wrong.”