كان يا ما كان، رجلٌ فُقدت فأسُه، فاتّهم ابن جاره. كان الصبي يمشي كاللص، ويبدو كاللص، ويتكلم كاللص. ثم وجد الرجل فأسه وهو يحفر في الوادي، وفي المرة التالية التي رأى فيها ابن جاره، كان الصبي يمشي ويبدو ويتكلم كأي طفل آخر.

“Once upon a time a man whose ax was missing suspected his neighbor's son. The boy walked like a thief, looked like a thief and spoke like a thief. But the man found his ax while digging in the valley, and the next time he saw his neighbor's son, the boy walked, looked and spoke like any other child.”Laozi