A Blind Man and His Guide Dog 盲人和他的導(dǎo)盲犬

Once upon a time, there are a blind man and his guide dog. Both of them, being hit by a truck, died tragically.

As they were on their way to Heaven, an angel stopped them with this, “There is only one place left in Heaven, therefore one of you has to go to Hell.”

“Since my dog does not understand the meaning of Heaven or Hell, can I decide on his behalf?” the blind man asks.

The angel gave the man a disdainful look. She frowned and thought for a while. “I'm very sorry, Sir. All souls are equal. You two will compete for staying in heaven.”

The blind man was disappointed, “Oh, what is the competition about?”

The angel said, “It's easy --- a running race. You are going to run from here to the big gate of heaven. The faster one can stay. Don't worry. You are dead and not blind anymore. The speed of souls has nothing to do with bodies. The purer and more virtuous soul is, the faster the speed will be.”

The man thought for a second and agreed to it.

Thus starts the race. The angel thought the blind man would make a desperate dash to the gate. But the opposite turns out to be true. The blind man walks slowly. And surprisingly, the guide dog walks by his master at an equal snail pace. It suddenly dawns on the Angel that the guide dog, being in his profession for so many years, has got into the habit of being closeby its master. Even worse, this devilish master takes advantage of his dog's loyalty. When they are near to the end, he will tell his dog to stop, then he would have a walkover.

The angel feels sorry for the dog, calling out loudly, “You have devoted all your life to your master. He is not blind now and does not need your guide. Run, run to the gate.”

As if her words fall on deaf ears, both of them walk as slowly as before, just like they were walking on a street.

Exactly as the angel has expected, as they are just a few steps from the Heaven's gate, the master tells his dog to sit. The angel looks at the master with aversion, … expecting the worst will happen.

The man smiled and turned to her, “Finally I send my dog to heaven. What I worry about most is he doesn't want to go there at all and only want to be with me. So that's why I want to make the decision for him. Please take good care of him. ”

The angel was stuck.

The man looked at his dog. He was reluctant to leave. “It’s wonderful to make it by a race. As long as I command him to step forward, he will be in heaven. He has been my companion for years. This is the first time I can see him with my eyes. I couldn’t help walking slowly so that I could see him more. I hope the road will never end. But since the heaven is here, he should go where he belongs to. Please take good care of him.”

The man commanded the dog to go forward. As the dog put its first step in heaven, he fell like a piece of feather down to hell. The dog saw it and run to his master as soon as it could. The angel spread her wings, tried her best to chase and catch it. But the most virtuous and pure soul’s got the fastest speed, much faster than any angel’s.

The dog and the man were together again. Even in hell, it will guard its master forever.The angel stood there for a long long time and said, “I was wrong. They are two united souls. They can’t be separated.”

There is only one truth in this world. Why people see different results from it? It's because we never view things at a perfect right and fair angle. Sometimes we judge them on our own experience, likes or dislikes, and moral standards. Unexpectedly, we see feint.

一天,一個盲人帶著他的導(dǎo)盲犬過街時,一輛大卡車失去控制,直沖過來,盲人當(dāng)場被撞死,他的導(dǎo)盲犬為了守衛(wèi)主人,也一起慘死在車輪底下。

主人和狗一起到了天堂門前。

一個天使攔住他倆,為難地說:“對不起,現(xiàn)在天堂只剩下一個名額,你們兩個中必須有一個去地獄。”

主人一聽,連忙問:“我的狗又不知道什么是天堂,什么是地獄,能不能讓我來決定誰去天堂呢?”

天使鄙視地看了這個主人一樣,皺起了眉頭,她想了想,說:“很抱歉,先生,每一個靈魂都是平等的,你們要通過比賽決定由誰上天堂。”

主人失望地問:“哦,什么比賽呢?”

天使說:“這個比賽很簡單,就是賽跑,從這里跑到天堂的大門,誰先到達(dá)目的地,誰就可以上天堂。不過,你也別擔(dān)心,因?yàn)槟阋呀?jīng)死了,所以不再是瞎子,而且靈魂的速度跟肉體無關(guān),越單純善良的人速度越快。”

主人想了想,同意了。

天使讓主人和狗準(zhǔn)備好,就宣布賽跑開始。她滿心以為主人為了進(jìn)天堂,會拼命往前奔,誰知道主人一點(diǎn)也不忙,慢吞吞地往前走著。更令天使吃驚的是,那條導(dǎo)盲犬也沒有奔跑,它配合著主人的步調(diào)在旁邊慢慢跟著,一步都不肯離開主人。天使恍然大悟:原來,多年來這條導(dǎo)盲犬已經(jīng)養(yǎng)成了習(xí)慣,永遠(yuǎn)跟著主人行動,在主人的前方守護(hù)著他。可惡的主人,正是利用了這一點(diǎn),才胸有成竹,穩(wěn)操勝券,他只要在天堂門口叫他的狗停下就可以了。

天使看著這條忠心耿耿的狗,心里很難過,她大聲對狗說:“你已經(jīng)為主人獻(xiàn)出了生命,現(xiàn)在,你這個主人不再是瞎子,你也不用領(lǐng)著他走路了,你快跑進(jìn)天堂吧!”

可是,無論是主人還是他的狗,都像是沒有聽到天使的話一樣,仍然慢吞吞地地往前走,好像在街上散步似的。

果然,離終點(diǎn)還有幾步的時候,主人發(fā)出一聲口令,狗聽話地坐下了,天使用鄙視的眼神看著主人，眼瞅著她料想的糟糕情形行將發(fā)生。

這時,主人扭過頭笑著對天使說:“我終于把我的狗送到天堂了,我最擔(dān)心的就是它根本不想上天堂,只想跟我在一起……所以我才想幫它決定,請你照顧好它。”

天使愣住了。

主人留戀地看著自己的狗,又說:“能夠用比賽的方式?jīng)Q定真是太好了,只要我再讓它往前走幾步,它就可以上天堂了。不過它陪伴了我那么多年,這是我第一次可以用自己的眼睛看著它,所以我忍不住想要慢慢地走,多看它一會兒。如果可以的話,我真希望永遠(yuǎn)看著它走下去。不過天堂到了,那才是它該去的地方,請你照顧好它。”

說完這些話,主人向狗發(fā)出了前進(jìn)的命令,就在狗到達(dá)終點(diǎn)的一剎那,主人像一片羽毛似的落向了地獄的方向。他的狗見了,急忙掉轉(zhuǎn)頭,追著主人狂奔。滿心懊悔的天使張開翅膀追過去,想要抓住導(dǎo)盲犬,不過那是世界上最純潔善良的靈魂,速度遠(yuǎn)比天堂所有的天使都快。

所以導(dǎo)盲犬又跟主人在一起了,即使是在地獄,導(dǎo)盲犬也永遠(yuǎn)守護(hù)著它的主人。

天使久久地站在那里,喃喃說道:“我一開始就錯了,這兩個靈魂是一體的,他們不能分開……”

這個世界上,真相只有一個,可是在不同人眼中,卻會看出不同的是非曲直。這是為什么呢?其實(shí),道理很簡單,因?yàn)槊總€人看待事物,都不可能站在絕對客觀公正的立場上,而是或多或少地戴上有色眼鏡,用自己的經(jīng)驗(yàn)、好惡和道德標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來進(jìn)行評判,結(jié)果就是——我們看到了假象。