12. The Fawn and Her Mother

One day a fawn said to her mother, “You’relarger than a dog and swifter (快捷的). You also have greater endurance (忍耐力) and horns todefend yourself. Why is it then, Mother, that you’re so afraid of the hounds (猎犬)?”She smiled and said, “I know all this full well, my child. But no sooner do Ihear a dog bark than I feel faint and take off (逃跑) as fast as my heels can carryme.”

No argument, no matter how convincing (有说服力的),will give courage to a coward (懦夫).