The Young Thief and His Mother Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house. She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor.

One day, her son stole his friend's bag. "Mom, what do you think of this bag?" His mother praised her son rather than scolding him. "It looks great!" The next time, he stole an overcoat.

She praised him again when he stole it. A few years later, he grew up to be a young man. He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother. "How beautiful!" This time, she did not scold her son again. Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things.

One day, the police caught him. Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother. They took him to his mother. As soon as he saw his mother, he bit her earlobe. "Ouch! What's the matter with you?" She finally scolded him. Her son answered. "If you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief." She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison. "If I only could turn back time, I would scold him severely." She regretted that she always praised him, whatever he did.

小偷和他的年輕媽媽 很久以前，有一個母親和兒子住在一所房子。她每天都努力 工作，但他們始終貧困。

有一天，她的兒子偷了他朋友的袋子。 “媽，你怎么看這個 包的?”他的母親受表揚而不是罵他， 她的兒子。“這看起來很棒!” 下一次，他偷了一件大衣。他兒子偷這個的時候，她又表揚 了他。 幾年后，他成長為一名年輕男子。他偷了珠寶，交給他母親。 “真漂亮!”這一次，她并沒有罵她的兒子。 然后，因為他認為他的母親高興，他開始偷更昂貴的東西。

有一天，警察抓到他。他將在監(jiān)獄前，他懇求警察，見一下他的母親。他們把他帶到他母親面前。 當他看到他的母親，他咬了她耳垂。 “哎喲!怎么回事呀?” 她終于罵他。她的兒子回答說。 “如果你在我偷第一個包的時候 這樣責罵我的話，我就不會成為一個小偷了?！?當她看到她的兒子走進監(jiān)獄的時候，她內(nèi)心崩潰了。 “如果真的可以時光倒流，我會嚴厲責罵他。”她感到遺憾的是她總是稱 贊他，無論他做了什么。