His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence.

一天，他的的父亲给了他一袋钉子，并且告诉他，每当他发一次脾气，就钉一根钉子在后院的围篱上。

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And told him that whenever he lost his temper when a nail on the nail in the backyard on the fence. The first day, the boy has nailed 37 nails. Slowly, under the nail every day to …

第一天，这个 男孩钉 下了37根 钉子 ，慢慢第每天钉下的数量减少，他发现控制自己的脾气要比钉下那些 钉子 来得容易。

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There was a little boy with a bad temper. his father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence.

以前，有个小男孩，脾气很坏，他爸爸就给他一包钉子，让他每次发脾气的时候就往篱笆上钉钉子。

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