Little Rabbit was the brightest student at the Forest Elementary School. However, he had a bad habit of mocking people.

One day, Little Monkey painted a painting. The elephant said,“What a lovely painting, you could become a painter in future!”However, Little Rabbit who was standing nearby said,“It’s not lovely at all! This looks like someone tripped over the paint can and smudged paint everywhere. I can’t tell what you painted!”Little Monkey was hurt by what Little Rabbit said, and left with a red face. The other classmates felt that Little Rabbit had gone too far.

After learning of the incident, Teacher Giraffe told Little Rabbit,“You like to mock the other students. Though you may not mean it, your words will hurt the listener. What you said just now, really hurt Little Monkey’s feelings. Is this the right thing to do?”Little Rabbit replied,“I can just take back my words!”Teacher Giraffe said,“Spoken words are like spilt milk. There is no taking it back once it is spoken.”Little Rabbit said,“If objects can be taken back, words can be taken back too!”

The next day, Teacher Giraffe took everyone up the mountain for a picnic. He scattered a handful of feathers into the air and told Little Rabbit,“Little Rabbit, go retrieve the feathers.”Little Rabbit protested,“But Teacher Giraffe, the feathers have already been blown away by the wind. How can I bring it back?”Teacher Giraffe then said,“Yesterday you said that objects can be taken back, but if you are unable to retrieve the scattered feathers. How could you take back the words that you have spoken?”Little Rabbit lowered his head in shame and said,“Teacher Giraffe, I was wrong. I will think before speaking in the future, because words cannot be taken back once they are spoken. I will learn how to be prudent.”After saying this, Little Rabbit apologized to Little Monkey.

　　小白兔是森林學校裡功課最好的學生，不過，牠有一個壞毛病，就是喜歡說話挖苦別人。
　　有一次，小猴子畫了一張圖畫，大象看了說：「畫得真棒，你以後可以當畫家耶！」一旁的小白兔卻說：「哪裡好看啊！像打翻了顏料罐，花花綠綠的，根本就看不出來畫了什麼！」小猴子聽完，紅著臉走開，其他同學聽了心裡也很不舒服。
　　長頸鹿老師知道後，就對小白兔說：「你總是喜歡挖苦別人，雖然你是無心的，可是聽的人卻受不了，你剛說的話，已經傷了小猴子的心，這樣做對嗎？」小白兔回答：「那我把話收回來就好啦！」老師說：「說出去的話，大家都聽到了，怎麼收得回來呢？」小白兔說：「東西可以收回來，話當然也可以啊！」
　　第二天，老師帶全班到山頂上野餐，老師將手裡的一把羽毛撒向空中，接著說：「小白兔，你去把羽毛收回來。」小白兔回答：「老師，羽毛都被風吹走了，怎麼收呢？」老師說：「昨天你說東西可以收回來，現在你沒辦法收回羽毛，那說出去的話，又要怎麼收回呢？」小白兔低著頭說：「老師，我錯了，以後我說話前會先思考一下，因為說出去的話，是無法收回的，我會學習如何謹言慎行。」說完，小白兔就跑去跟小猴子道歉。