A Benefactor

In ancient Rome, if you broke the law or you opposed

the government, you would be thrown inside a lions' cage.

It was recorded in the Bible that a man called Daniel

was thrown into a lions' cage by the king. It turned out

that the lions, though very hungry, did not eat him.

So he became very famous. The king respected him very

much and was initiated by him to practice spiritually!

There was another story that happened about the

same time. A person who opposed the government

was thrown into a lions' cage. However, whenever a

lion went near him, it left him in a few seconds and

went to a spot far away, with its mouth watering,

making a slurping sound. Even though its mouth was

watering, it did not dare eat him. The first lion,

the second, to the sixth one, all did the same thing.

They all approached him but left after a few seconds!

They dept a distance from him, where they stared at him,

with their mouth watering and their tongues hanging out,

but none of them dared to eat him.

The king was also very surprised to see that no lion

would eat him. Eventually the king let him out and

asked him, "What is your secret that the lions would

not dare eat you? Who are you?"

He replied, "I am no one special!"

"Why was it that whenever the lions approached you,

they left and stayed away from you, but with their mouths

watering? What actually happened?"

He said, "Ah! It was nothing really! Whenever they came

near, I secretly said in their ears, 'My eldest son is the

manager of an animal protection organization.'

Then they left me."

恩人

在羅馬時代，如果你犯法，或是你抵抗政府，那政府就會把你丟在

獅子籠里面。在圣經里有記載，有一個人他叫但尼爾，他被國王丟在

獅子籠里面，結果很餓的獅子沒吃他，所以他后來很出名，國王很

尊重他，又變成他的徒弟跟他修行啦！另外一個故事也是發生在一樣的時代，

有個人抵抗政府，國王就把他丟在獅子籠里面，結果每一次獅子一

靠近他，等過了幾秒就會離開，跑到遠一點的地方，在那邊流口水，

「嘖！嘖！」發出聲音，口水都流下，不過不吃他，第一只、第二只

到第六只獅子都這樣，一靠近他幾秒就離開了！跑到好遠的地方流口水，

瞪著看他，舌頭伸得很長，不過都不敢吃他。

國王看沒有獅子可以吃他，也很驚訝，最后把他放出來，問道：

「你有什么秘訣讓獅子不敢吃你？你是什么人啊？」他說：

「我不是什么人哪！」「不過為什么每一次獅子一靠近你，它們就離開，

然后在那邊嘴饞的流口水呢？到底怎么一回事？」他說：

「唉呀！沒什么啦！每次它們一靠近，

我就悄悄在它們耳旁說：『我家老大、我的兒子是保護動物組織的

經理』，然后它們就離開我了。」