提 要

同在台灣、同住地球的人們，就像同在一艘船上，應該義無反顧地「同舟共濟」，否則很可能會像滂沱大雨中爭搶雨傘的兩人，拉扯的後果，全都變成落湯雞。

Once upon a time, there lived a strange bird with two heads; one facing the left and the other facing the right. The two heads used to fight and argue with each other, even for very simple reasons. Though they shared the same body, the two heads behaved like rivals!

The strange bird lived in a big banyan tree, along the bank of a river.

One day, while flying over the river, the left head of the bird saw a beautiful tree that had a bright red fruit. The left head of the bird wanted to eat the fruit and the bird flew down to pick the fruit from the tree.

The bird plucked the sweet smelling fruit, and sat by the banks of the river and started eating it. The fruit was eaten by the left head. While it was eating, the right head asked, "Can you give me a piece to taste?"

The left head said, "See, we have only one stomach. So even if I eat in my mouth, it will go only into our stomach."

"But I want to taste the fruit, so you should give me."

The left head replied in anger, "I saw the fruit and hence, I have the right to eat it without sharing with anyone."

The right head felt sad and became silent.

A few days later, while the bird was flying over the river again, the right head saw a beautiful pink fruit in a tree. The bird flew down near the tree and tried to pick the fruit and eat it.

The other birds living in the tree said, "Don't eat it. It is a poisonous fruit. It will kill you."

The left head shouted, "Don't eat it. Don’t eat it."

However the right head did not listen to the left head. The right head said, "I will eat it, because I saw it. You have no right to stop me."

The left head shouted, "Please do't eat it. We will all die."

The right head said, "Since I saw it, I have the right to eat it." Clearly, the right head was trying to take revenge on the left head for not sharing the red fruit with it earlier.

Finally, the pink fruit was eaten by the right head, and in a few minutes, the strange bird with the two heads dropped down dead!

A quarrel by the individuals in a family will affect the whole family badly.

解 說

曾經有一隻有兩個頭的怪鳥，一個頭面向左，另一個頭面向右。兩個頭經常為了非常小的理由唱反調、激烈爭論。雖然共用同一個身體，兩個頭的表現卻像敵人！

兩頭怪鳥住在河岸邊的一棵大榕樹上。

有一天，怪鳥飛過河流，左側的頭看到一棵美麗的樹，樹上有一個紅豔亮麗的果子。左側的頭想吃水果，於是飛到樹上摘果子。

怪鳥扯下香甜的果子，坐在河邊開始享用。左側的頭正在津津有味地吃的時候，右側的頭問：「能不能給我一塊嘗嘗？」

左邊的頭說，「你看，我們只有一個共同的胃。所以雖然是吃進我的嘴，但它會進入我們的胃。」

「但我想嘗嘗水果的味道，所以你應該給我吃。」

左邊的頭生氣地說：「是我看到的水果，因此，我有權利吃，不必與任何人分享！」

右邊的頭感到難過並沉默。

幾天後，當這隻雙頭鳥兒再次飛越河面，右邊的頭在一棵樹上看到一個美麗的粉紅果實。牠飛到那棵樹附近，想摘粉紅果子下來吃。

其他生活在樹附近的鳥警告說：「別吃它，這是一種有毒的果實，吃了會死。」

左邊的頭喊道：「不要吃，不要吃它啊。」

然而右邊的頭不理會，並且說：「我會吃它，因為是我看見的，你沒有權利阻止我。」

左邊的頭喊：「請不要吃，我們會一起死的。」

右邊的頭說：「因為是我看到它，所以我有吃它的權利。」很明顯地，右邊的頭是在報復左邊的頭稍早不分享紅色果實的事。

最後，粉紅色的毒果被右邊的頭吃進肚子裡，幾分鐘後，雙頭怪鳥墜樹而亡！

一個家庭中的成員爭吵，會嚴重影響整個家庭。