Life is often like a game of cards—you can’t help the hand you’re dealt, but you can help the way you play it. It’s easy for us to do something without careful thinking, but it’s hard for us to take back what we have done. There was once a who repeated a bit rumor(谣言) about a neighbor. Within a few days the whole community the story. The person it concerned was deeply and annoyed. Later, the woman responsible for the rumor learned that it was completely. She was very sorry and went to a old man to find out what she could do to the damage. “Go to the marketplace,” he said, “and a chicken, and have it. Then on your way home, pluck its feathers and drop them along the road.” surprised by this advice, the woman did she was told. The next day the wise man said, “Now, go and collect all those you dropped yesterday and them back to me.” The woman the same road, but to her disappointment, the wind all the feathers away. After searching for, she returned with only three in her hand. “You see,” said the old man, “It’s easy to drop them, it’s impossible to get them back. So it is with rumor. doesn’t take much to spread a rumor, but you do, you can never completely make up for the wrong.”