《剪下一方暖和--喻道小故事》

鬆手 Let go

A child shoved his hand in the opening of a very expensive Chinese vase. When he could not pull it out again he raised a frightful cry. His parents tried desperately to help the child, but they also could not remove the boy’s hand from inside the vase.

Finally, there was nothing left to do but to break the beautiful, expensive vase. And when the father smashed it with a hammer blow, it became clear why the child had been hopelessly stuck. His fist grasped a mere quarter which he had seen in the bottom of the vase. He had grabbed it tightly, and in his childish ignorance , was unwilling to let it go.

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字彙
Shove擠進，塞進。
Smash打破，敲碎。
Quarter美國的兩毛五分錢。
Ignorance無知

有個小孩把手塞進價值不菲的中國花瓶瓶口裏。等他拉不出手來的時候，就高聲驚叫。他的父母拼命想幫孩子，可就是無法把孩子的手從瓶裏拉出來。

最後，什麼辦法都試過了，只有把漂亮又昂貴的瓶子打破一途了。父親用榔頭一敲打破了瓶子，這才讓大家明白孩子的手為什麼沒辦法拉出來。原來，他手握拳頭，裡面有一個銅板，是他先前看到在瓶底裏的。他緊握銅板，天真無知，就是不願鬆手。

思考與應用

1.如果我們鬆手，可能保留了比緊握手中價值更高的東西，像什麼？請舉例。
2.我們不肯放手時，是否必須勞師動眾，或弄得自己很痛，才能解決問題？

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