some thieves broke into a house and found nothing but a cock, whom they stole, and got off as fast as they could. upon arriving at home they prepared to kill the cock, who thus pleaded for his life: "pray spare me; i am very serviceable to men. i wake them up in the night to their work." "that is the very reason why we must the more kill you, " they replied; "for when you wake your neighbors, you entirely put an end to our business."

the safeguards of virtue are hateful to those with evil intentions.

几个小偷悄悄地潜入一户人家里，可是房间里除了公鸡，什么也没有。【创世阁】小偷只好把公鸡偷走了。公鸡见小偷们要取他的性命，就央求他们手下留情:“请你们饶了我吧！我是对人类有益的，我每天都不辞辛劳地准时唤醒你们去工作。”可是，小偷听了他的话更加气愤了，说道:“正因为如此，我才把你捆起来。你正是把人们唤醒，阻止我们偷窃的‘罪魁祸首’啊！”

凡是对好人有益的事情，总会引起别有居心的人的敌视和仇恨。