The first day, the little boy had planted 37 of them. And
that decreased gradually. He discovered that it was easier to be put
in anger than to plant nails in the fence.
Finally, comes the day when the little boy did not put
himself any more in anger. He informed of it his father who asked him
to tear off a nail for each day when he had put himself in anger.
The days passed and finally the young boy was capable
statement with his father that all the nails were torn off. The
father took his son by the hand and led it to the fence.
«Perfect, my son, but looks at the holes which the
nails left in the fence. This fence will be never again the same one.
When you say words under the blow of anger, they leave scars, just
like here. You can stab somebody and then to withdraw your knife. It
does not matter the number of times that you will say: I regret it,
the wound will remain always there. A verbal wound is not less
serious than a physical wound».
A little boy had bad character. His father gave him a
package of nails and says to him that each time that it would be put
in anger, it should plant a nail in the fence.