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Story Link A Young Thief and His Mother Link

母親が叱らなかったため、子は長じて手に負えない盗人になった。とうとう捕まって、刑場へ引いて行かれるとき、嘆く母親に息子が言った。「なぜ最初のときに俺をぶってくれなかった。」 Because the mother did not scold him, the child grew up to become an incorrigible thief.When he was finally captured and taken to the execution site, the son said to his grieving mother:“Why didn’t you hit me the first time?” Patron-only Contents: