15.金色的鱼钩

Lesson fifteen

The Man who Sold Spears and Shields

1. In the state of Chu lived a man who sold shields and spears. “My shields are strong,” he boasted, “that nothing can pierce them.

2. My spears are so sharp that there is nothing they cannot pierce.”

3. “What if one of your spears strikes one of your shields?” someone asked him.

4. The man had no answer to that.

5. It is impossible for an impenetrable shield to coexist with a spear that finds nothing impenetrable.