An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa with his 45-year-old son.Suddenly a cove perched on their windowsill.

The father asked his son,"What is this?"

The son replied,"It is a dove."

After a few minutes,the father asked his son for the second time,"What is this?"

The son said,"Father,I have just told you.It's a dove."

After a little while,the old father asked his son for the third time,"What is this?"

This time the son told his father crudely,"It's a dove,a dove."

After a moment,the father asked his son for the fourth time,"What is this?"

This time the son shouted at his father,"Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again?I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A DOVE!’ Don't you understand this?"

A little later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered diary.On opening a page,he asked his son to read that page.

"Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa,when a dove sat on the windowsill.My son asked me 23 times what it was,and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a dove.I hugged him lovingly for 23 times each time he asked me the same question.I did not at all feel irritated.Instead,I felt affection for my innocent child."

When the little child asked him 23 times "What is this",the father only felt affection for his son.But when today the father asked his son the same question for just 4 times,the son felt irritated.

So if your parents attain old age,do not repulse them or look at them as a burden,but speak to them a gracious word,be obedient and considerate to them.From today on,say this aloud,"I want to be kind to my parents,for they have always showered their selfless love on me."

23比4

一位80歲的老人和他45歲的兒子一起坐在沙發(fā)上。突然，一只鴿子落在了窗臺上。

父親問兒子：“這是什么？”

兒子回答：“這是一只鴿子。”

過了幾分鐘，父親第二次問兒子：“這是什么？”

兒子說：“爸爸，我剛剛告訴過你，這是一只鴿子。”

過了一小會兒，老父親第三次問兒子：“這是什么？”

這次，兒子生硬地告訴父親：“這是一只鴿子，一只鴿子?！?

又過了一會兒，父親第四次問兒子：“這是什么？”

這次兒子沖父親大聲喊道：“為什么你一直反復問我同樣的問題？‘這是一只鴿子！’我已經(jīng)告訴你許多次了，你聽不明白嗎？”

片刻之后，父親走進他的房間，拿回來一本破舊的日記。他翻開一頁，讓兒子讀。

“今天我和3歲的小兒子坐在沙發(fā)上，這時有一只鴿子臥在窗臺上。兒子問了我23次那是什么，我共回答了他23次，說那是一只鴿子。每一次他問同樣的問題，我都親切地擁抱他，共擁抱了他23次，我一點兒也不感到惱火。相反，我感受到了我對天真孩子的慈愛之情?！?

小孩子問了23次“這是什么”，父親只是感到了對兒子的慈愛之情。但是，如今父親只問了4次相同的問題，兒子就感到惱火。

所以，如果你的父母上了年紀，不要排斥他們，也不要把他們視為負擔，而要對他們言語親切、孝順體貼。從今天起，要大聲這樣說：“我會善待父母，因為他們總是給予我大量無私的愛?！?/p>