疑人偷斧

Yí Rén Tōu Fǔ

怀疑别人偷了自己的斧子。比喻心里有成见，看什么都觉得别人有问题。

Suspecting someone of stealing your axe — once suspicion takes hold, everything they do starts to look guilty.

从cóng前qián有yǒu一yí个gè人rén，把bǎ家jiā里lǐ的de一yì把bǎ斧fǔ子zi弄nòng丢diū了le。他tā找zhǎo来lái找zhǎo去qù，怎zěn么me也yě找zhǎo不bú到dào，就jiù开kāi始shǐ怀huái疑yí是shì邻lín居jū家jiā的de儿ér子zi偷tōu走zǒu的de。

从cóng那nà以yǐ后hòu，他tā每měi次cì看kàn到dào那nà个gè邻lín居jū的de儿ér子zi，都dōu觉jué得de对duì方fāng的de样yàng子zi很hěn可kě疑yí：走zǒu路lù的de样yàng子zi像xiàng偷tōu过guò斧fǔ子zi，说shuō话huà的de声shēng音yīn像xiàng偷tōu过guò斧fǔ子zi，连lián脸liǎn上shàng的de表biǎo情qíng也yě像xiàng偷tōu过guò斧fǔ子zi。他tā越yuè看kàn越yuè觉jué得de，一yí定dìng就jiù是shì那nà个gè孩hái子zi偷tōu的de。

过guò了le几jǐ天tiān，他tā去qù山shān沟gōu里lǐ砍kǎn柴chái，忽hū然rán在zài一yì堆duī乱luàn草cǎo下xià面miàn发fā现xiàn了le那nà把bǎ丢diū失shī的de斧fǔ子zi。原yuán来lái，是shì他tā自zì己jǐ前qián些xiē天tiān砍kǎn柴chái的de时shí候hòu忘wàng在zài那nà里lǐ了le。

拿ná着zhe斧fǔ子zi回huí到dào家jiā，他tā又yòu看kàn见jiàn邻lín居jū的de儿ér子zi。这zhè一yí次cì，他tā觉jué得de那nà孩hái子zi走zǒu路lù的de样yàng子zi、说shuō话huà的de声shēng音yīn、脸liǎn上shàng的de表biǎo情qíng，都dōu变biàn得dé特tè别bié自zì然rán、特tè别bié正zhèng常cháng。

这zhè就jiù是shì“疑yí人rén偷tōu斧fǔ”的de故gù事shì。它tā告gào诉sù我wǒ们men：心xīn里lǐ先xiān有yǒu了le怀huái疑yí，看kàn什shén么me都dōu会huì出chū问wèn题tí；做zuò事shì做zuò人rén，要yào先xiān把bǎ偏piān见jiàn放fàng下xià。

Long ago there was a man who lost his axe. He searched everywhere and couldn't find it. Soon he began to suspect that his neighbor's son had taken it.

From then on, whenever he saw that boy, every detail seemed suspicious. The way he walked looked like someone who had stolen an axe. The way he spoke sounded like it. Even the look on his face seemed to confirm it. The more he watched, the more certain he felt.

A few days later, the man went into the valley to chop firewood. There, under a pile of grass, he found the missing axe — he had left it there himself.

He brought it home and saw the neighbor's son again. This time, the boy's walk seemed perfectly ordinary, his voice completely normal, his face nothing but honest.

This is the story of suspecting someone of stealing your axe. It reminds us that once doubt takes hold, everything can look guilty — so we must first set aside our bias before we judge.