百喻经之八一: 为熊所啮喻
§81 为熊所啮喻
(81) getting bitten by a bear
昔有父子与伴共行,其子入林,为熊所啮,爪坏身体。困急出林,还至伴边。父见其子身体伤坏,怪问之言:“汝今何故,被此疮害?”
once upon a time, there were a man and his son traveling together. the son got into the woods and was bitten by a bear. scratches were all over his body. being in a difficult situation, he fled to his father. seeing his son's wounds, the father was astonished and asked, "how did you get wounded?"
子报父言:“有一种物,身毛耽毵,来毁害我。”
the son replied, "there was a long-haired monster that bit me."
父执弓箭,往到林间,见一仙人,毛发深长,便欲射之。旁人语言:“何故射之?此人无害,常治有过。”
the father grasped bows and arrows and went to the woods where he saw a longhaired supernatural being. when he was about to shoot at him, a bystander said, "why do you want to shoot at this, since he is innocent? you should punish the guilty."
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