A young Man had been caught in a daring act of theft
and had been condemned to be executed for it. He
expressed his desire to see his Mother, and to speak with
her before he was led to execution, and of course this was
granted. When his Mother came to him he said: ‘I want to
whisper to you,’ and when she brought her ear near him,
he nearly bit it off. All the bystanders were horrified, and
asked him what he could mean by such brutal and
inhuman conduct. ‘It is to punish her,’ he said. ‘When I
was young I began with stealing little things, and brought
them home to Mother. Instead of rebuking and punishing
me, she laughed and said: ‘It will not be noticed.’ It is
because of her that I am here to-day.’
‘He is right, woman,’ said the Priest; ‘the Lord hath
said:
‘Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he
is old he will not depart therefrom.’
Moral Lesson: ‘Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he
is old he will not depart therefrom.’
―
Aesop
