A teacher let her class play a game. She told each child to bring a bag containing a few potatoes. Each potato was given a name of a p that the child hated, so the number of the potatoes that a child put into his or her bag depended on how many people he or she hated. The children thought the game was i and each of them took their bag to school.

    Some children had two potatoes; some had three and o had up to five potatoes. The teacher then told the children to carry the bag everywhere they went for a week.

    At the b , the children carried their bag wherever they went. As the days went by, the children started to complain b the rotten (腐烂的) potatoes gave off an unpleasant smell. But the students also had to carry their bag.

    A week later, the teacher a , "How did you feel?" The children complained about the trouble they had to stand: they had to carry the smelly potatoes everywhere they went.

    Then the teacher said, "This is the situation (情况) when you carry your hate for somebody inside your heart. The smell of hate will pollute your heart and you will carry it wherever you go. If you cannot stand the smell of the rotten potatoes for just one week, can you imagine (想象) what it is like to have the smell of hate in your heart for your lifetime?"