🇨🇳「对待动物的态度，是衡量一个人是否具有真正人性最可靠的标志之一。」—— 阿图尔·叔本华 🇬🇧 “Kindness to animals is one of the noblest traits of human nature.” – Arthur Schopenhauer 🇨🇳 相似故事：选择士兵的小猫 🇬🇧 Similar story: The cat that chose the soldier 🇨🇳 2007年，美军陆军中士贾罗德·K被派驻伊拉克南部；在一次沙尘暴最为猛烈的巡逻任务中，他和战友们注意到路边垃圾堆里有东西在动；当他们停下车走近时，发现了一只脏兮兮、饥肠辘辘的小猫，它虚弱得几乎无法站立；士兵们将它带回车上，用清水帮它洗澡，喂它食物，并在军车后部为它安顿了一个小纸盒，给它取名“娜拉”（Nala）。 🇬🇧 In 2007, US Army Sergeant Jarrod K. was deployed to southern Iraq; during a patrol on one of the worst days of a sandstorm, he and the other soldiers noticed something moving among the trash by the side of the road; when they stopped and approached, they found a small kitten—dirty, hungry, and so weak it could barely stand on its feet; the soldiers took it with them, washed it with water, fed it, and made a small place for it in a box in the back of the military vehicle, naming it Nala. 🇨🇳 然而，这只小猫不仅想获得救助，它更渴望陪伴在救它的人身边；娜拉留在了军事基地，逐渐成为了士兵团队的一员；尽管军规并不允许士兵在基地饲养动物，但大家依然细心地照料着它，为它搭建避风的小窝，带来食物、玩具和睡垫；哪怕是平日里不怎么喜欢猫的士兵，也渐渐对它产生了深厚的情感。 🇬🇧 However, the kitten didn't just want to be saved; it wanted to be close to the people who had rescued it; Nala stayed at the military base and gradually began to feel like part of the soldier team; although rules didn't allow soldiers to keep animals there, the men began caring for it, making it a small shelter, and bringing it food, toys, and a bed; even soldiers who were not cat lovers grew attached to it. 🇨🇳 贾罗德后来回忆道，人们常以为战争会让人的心灵变得麻木与冷酷，但当战友们看到这个弱小生命时，没有一个人犹豫过；因为摆在他们面前的不再仅仅是一只流浪猫，而是一个感到恐惧、渴望帮助的鲜活生命；虽然贾罗德回国时未能将娜拉带走，小猫留在了基地继续由其他人照料，但多年后他依然深深怀念着它；在远离家乡的荒漠中，在武器、军装与危险之间，一名士兵为了一只渺小的生命驻足——这或许正是故事中最动人的地方：哪怕身处战场，人内心深处伸出援助之手、拯救弱小的善意依然熠熠生辉；该故事由贾罗德·K本人向《Catster》杂志亲述，追溯了这张流传甚广的照片背后的真实来源。 🇬🇧 Jarrod later recalled that people sometimes imagine war makes a person unfeeling, but when they saw this small animal, not one of them hesitated; because in front of them stood no longer just a stray cat, but a living creature that was frightened and needed help; Jarrod had to return home but could not take Nala with him; the cat remained at the base where others continued to care for it; years later Jarrod still remembered it; amidst the desert, far from home, among weapons, uniforms, and danger, a soldier stopped for an almost imperceptible creature; and perhaps that is the most powerful part of the story—that even where a person is sent to be a soldier, the capacity to simply stop, reach out a hand, and save a small animal remains within him; the story was told by Jarrod K. himself to Catster, which tracked the origin of the widely circulated photo and interviewed the man captured with the kitten. #爱 #陶行知 #爱满天下 #教育 #博爱 #Love #TaoXingzhi #LoveFillsWorld #Education #Fraternity - @cute__hana