伊索寓言：金絲雀與蝙蝠
The Cage Bird and the Bat
A singing bird was confined in a cage which hung outside a window, and had a way of singing at night when all other birds were asleep. One night a Bat came and clung to the bars of the cage, and asked the Bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night. "I have a very good reason for doing so," said the Bird. "It was once when I was singing in the daytime that a fowler was attracted by my voice, and set his nets for me and caught me. Since then I have never sung except by night." But the Bat replied, "It is no use your doing that now when you are a prisoner: if only you had done so before you were caught, you might still have been free."
"Precautions are useless after the crisis."
金絲雀與蝙蝠
掛在窗口籠里的金絲雀，在夜里歌唱。蝙蝠聽到后，飛過來問她為甚么白天默默無聲，在夜間卻放聲歌唱。金絲雀回答說，她這樣是有道理的，因為他是在白天唱歌時被捉住的，從此他變得謹慎了。蝙蝠說：「你現在才懂得謹慎已沒用了，你若在被捉住之前就懂得，那該多好呀！」
這個故事帶出的啟示就是：不幸的事發生之后，后悔是徒然的。
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