Animals 动物

动物

我们经常会在院子里放一些花生、瓜子之类的食物，以便松鼠、小鸟们不会饿肚子。而卧在纱窗和窗户旁边观察觅食的小动物们也成为猫咪们最喜爱的活动之一。五只猫咪挤在同一个纱窗前向外看的情况时常发生。刚开始院子里的小动物可能会担心这些“庞然大物”的攻击，但当他们发现“危险”受阻于某个透明物时，慢慢开始变得肆无忌惮起来。有时松鼠们甚至会跳到门窗边，急的旺仔抓着玻璃直呼气。动物们也很聪明。每当有一只松鼠站在纱门外的地毯上，抬着手向屋里张望时，我们就知道外面的花生、瓜子都被吃完啦。不过在我们放食物时松鼠又消失得无影无踪。今天我在出去放花生时，有一只小黑松鼠没有跑开。虽然不敢靠近我，但是它在不远处走来走去。我想它应该知道我们不会伤害它吧。

动物就像人一样，它们也很聪明。当你善待它们时，它们是能感觉到的！

Animals

We often put some peanuts, melon seeds and other foods in the yard so that squirrels and birds will not be hungry. And the small animals lying by the screens and windows to observe foraging have also become one of the favorite activities of cats. It often happens that five cats are huddled in front of the same screen to look out. At first, the small animals in the yard may be worried about the attack of these "behemoths", but when they find that the "danger" is blocked by a transparent object, they slowly start to become unscrupulous. Sometimes the squirrels even jumped to the door and window, anxious Wang Zai grabbed the glass and exhaled. Animals are also smart. Whenever a squirrel stands on the carpet outside the screen door and looks into the house with its hands raised, we know that the peanuts and melon seeds outside have been eaten. But the squirrel disappeared without a trace when we put the food. When I was out putting peanuts today, a little black squirrel didn't run away. Although it dared not approach me, it walked around not far away. I think it should know we won't hurt it.

Animals are just like people, they are also very intelligent. They can feel when you treat them well!

谦虚

“人要谦虚”是我们从小就耳熟能详的一句话。之前我只知道它的表面含义是指谦虚的人才会听取别人的建议、接受别人的批评并改正。但是最近在读了《了凡四训》之后，我对“谦虚”这一词的含义有了更深的理解。

与“谦虚”相反的是“自负”，而我认为“自负”恰恰是许多“恶”的开始。因为自负，我们会看不起比自己弱的人；因为自负，我们会处处找别人的缺点，来证明自己比别人强；因为自负，当看到别人获得成就时，就会产生不屑；因为自负，所以觉得自己比任何人都强，当那些自己认为弱的人得到奖励时，心里就难受嫉妒的不行。诸如此类不善的念头还有很多。自负的人当然无法进步。因为自大本身就已经让自己比任何人都“牛”了，所以也根本听不进别人的意见。一个谦虚的人对神明更有敬畏之心。谦虚会使他们经常看自己的问题，对神明的敬畏使他们更注意自己的言行。所以谦虚的人总是平和善良的。

就像叔叔说的：“越无知的人越自负”。作为十几岁的孩子，我们懂得不多，依靠父母生活。所以真的没有什么资本可骄傲的。

Modesty

"One should be humble" is a phrase we have been familiar with since childhood. Previously I only knew its surface meaning that modest people listen to other people's advice, accept others' criticism and make corrections. But after reading the Four Precepts of Liaofan recently, I have a deeper understanding of what the word "modesty" means.

The opposite of "humility" is "conceit," and I think "conceit" is precisely the beginning of a lot of "evil." Because of conceit, we will look down on those who are weaker than ourselves; because of conceit, we will look for the shortcomings of others everywhere to prove that we are better than others; I feel that I am stronger than anyone else, and when those I think are weaker are rewarded, I feel jealous and jealous. There are many such unwholesome thoughts. Of course conceited people cannot progress. Because arrogance itself has made oneself more "cow" than anyone else, so it can't listen to other people's opinions at all. A humble person is more in awe of the gods. Humility will make them constantly look at their own problems, and the fear of God will make them pay more attention to their words and deeds. So humble people are always peaceful and kind.

As my uncle said: "The more ignorant people are, the more conceited they are". As teenagers, we didn't know much and lived off our parents. So there is really nothing capital to be proud of.