《恣蚊飽血》講述了一個孝子在蚊蟲肆虐的時候，怎樣不讓親人遭受蚊蟲之害。這是《二十四孝》中的第十七則故事。
吳猛是晉朝豫章（今江西南昌人）。從小就非常孝順父母。吳猛家裏很貧窮，牀塌上沒有蚊帳。南方蚊子多，每到夏天，又大又黑的蚊子咬得一家人睡不好覺。
八歲的吳猛心疼勞累了一天的父母，為了讓他們睡個踏實覺，他想了一個辦法。每到晚上，吳猛就赤身睡在父母身旁。小孩子家細皮嫩肉的，蚊子都集聚在他身上，且越聚越多。吳猛卻任蚊子叮咬吸血，一點也不驅趕。
吳猛認為蚊子吸飽了自己身上的血，便不會去叮咬父母，八歲孩童的這種想法真是可笑，卻讓人笑不出來。雖然其法不可取，但只有對父母愛到極點，才會有“痴傻”的行為，這是一顆多麼純淨的童心啊！
從一個孩童的心靈表現出人性的純真一面，即是孝，這種骨肉之情的孝，是人類最基本的情感。
今天的兒童聽了此則故事，可能馬上會反駁吳猛的做法，甚至嘲笑他的愚蠢 。現今的孩子確實見多識廣，眼界開闊，根本不是古代的那些兒童可比的。但是孩子們天性中的孝之本性，我們注意引導、培養了嗎？我們是否可以從表面上的不成邏輯卻深合人性邏輯的行為中，攝取其中孝文化的精華來滋養孩子的心靈呢？
A man worked in the fields from morning to evening. Soon, he went back, finding his little boy welcoming him home.
“Father is back, Father is back!” he cried with joy.
“Come, dear boy, and let us go inside and eat.” said the man.
“Yes! We are going to eat!” the boy laughed.
After they were done eating, the little boy said to his father,” You have worked for a long time, Father. Please go and rest, I will wash the dishes.”
“You have grown up, my boy. Very well, I will go and rest.”
As the boy washed the dishes, he heard a slapping sound. It was coming from his father’s bedroom! Curious, he crept in to find his father swarmed with flies, trying to shoo them away while he slept.
“Father had worked so long, and I doubt that he would have the energy to work tomorrow if he keeps on trying to fan the flies away.”
And so the dear boy undressed himself and climbed up to the table, waiting for the flies to start coming to him instead of his father.
The next morning, the boy awoke to his father’s face.
“Boy, boy!” the worried man yelled.
“Father, you’re awake,” the little boy said.
“What has happened to you?”
” I wanted Father to have a good sleep and so I lured the flies to me.” replied the boy, showing no sign of pain.
“You brilliant boy!” the man cried, clearly touched by his son’s willingness.”Let us get you to the doctor first.”
When they went there, the doctor cried,” What happened to him? What kind of Father are you?!”
“I am sorry, it is all my fault-” the man started.
“No, don’t blame Father,” the little boy interrupted.” I wanted him to have a good sleep, but the flies were bothering him. We are poor so we don’t have mosquito nets, so I made the flies come to me instead.”
“Really?” asked the bewildered doctor.” Really? I have not known such a thing! You’re such a good boy!” The doctor turned to his assistant,” Get me a mosquito net, and salve for the mosquito bites.”
And so from then on, the man and his child were never bothered by flies again.
By: Ireen Chau~ 😀 🙂 😀
7/19/2013
