很多山羊被牧羊人趕到羊圈里。有一只山羊不知在吃什么好東西，單獨(dú)落在了后面。牧羊人拿起一塊石頭扔了過(guò)去，正巧打斷了山羊的一只角。牧羊人嚇得請(qǐng)求山羊不要告訴主人，山羊說(shuō)：“即使我不說(shuō)，又怎能隱瞞下去呢?我的角已斷了，這是十分明顯的事實(shí)。”

這故事說(shuō)明，明顯的罪狀是無(wú)法隱瞞的。

A GOATHERD had SOUght to bring baek astray goat to his flock．He whistled andsounded his horn in Vain；the straggler paid no attention tothe summons．At last the Goatherd threw a stone．a(chǎn)ndbreaking its horn，begged the Goat not to teH his master．The Goat．eplied，“Why，you silly flellow，the horn willspeak though I be silent．”

Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hid．