25.王戎不取道旁李

Lesson Twenty-Five

Wang Rong Doesn’t Take Roadside Plums

When Wang Rong was seven years old, he used to play with many children.They saw the plum trees on the roadside were full of fruits, which made the branches bend down.Many children rushed to pick plums, but Wang Rong did not move.Someone asked him why (not to pick plums), Wang Rong replied that “there are so many plums in the plum tree on the roadside, which must be bitter plums.” They took a taste, and found it was true.