WORTH READING 1 May 2006

The Poison in Mind

A long time ago in China, a girl named Li-Li got married and went to
live
with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found
that
she couldn't get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their
personalities
were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her
mother-in-law's
habits. In addition, she criticized Li-Li constantly.

Days passed days, and weeks passed weeks. Li-Li and her mother-in-law
never
stopped arguing and fighting. But what made the situation even worse was

that, according to ancient Chinese tradition, Li-Li had to bow to her
mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All the anger and unhappiness in
the house was causing Li - Li's poor husband great distress. Finally,
Li-Li
could not stand her mother-in-law's bad temper and dictatorship any
longer,
and she decided to do something about it.

Li-Li went to see her father's good friend, Mr. Huang, who sold herbs.
She
told him the situation and asked if he would give her some poison so
that
she could solve the problem once and for all. Mr. Huang thought for a
while,
and finally said, Li - Li, I will help you solve your problem, but you
must
listen to me and obey what I tell you. Li-Li said, "Yes, Mr.Huang, I
will do
whatever you tell me to do."

Mr. Huang went into the back room, and returned in a few minutes with a
package of herbs. He told Li - Li, "You can't use a quick acting poison
to
get rid of your mother-in-law, because that would cause people to become

suspicious. Therefore, I have given you a number of herbs that will
slowly
build up poison in her body. Every other day prepare some delicious meal
and
put a little of these herbs in her serving. Now, in order to make sure
that
nobody suspects you when she dies, you must be very careful to act very
friendly towards her. Don't argue with her, obey her every wish, and
treat
her like a queen."

Li-Li was so happy. She thanked Mr. Huang and hurried home to start her
plot
of murdering her mother-in-law. Weeks went by, and months went by, and
every
other day, Li-Li served the specially treated food to her mother-in-law.

She remembered what Mr. Huang had said about avoiding suspicion, so she
controlled her temper, obeyed her mother-in-law, and treated her like
her
own mother. After six months had passed, the whole household had
changed.

Li-Li had practiced controlling her temper so much that she found that
she
almost never got mad or upset. She hadn't had an argument with her
mother-in-law in six months because she now seemed much kinder and
easier to
get along with.

The mother-in-law's attitude toward Li-Li changed, and she began to love

Li-Li like her own daughter. She kept telling friends and relatives that

Li-Li was the best daughter - in - law one could ever find. Li-Li and
her
mother-in-law were now treating each other like a real mother and
daughter.
Li-Li's husband was very happy to see what was happening.

One day, Li-Li came to see Mr. Huang and asked for his help again. She
said,
"Dear Mr. Huang, please help me to keep the poison from killing my
mother-in-law! She's changed into such a nice woman, and I love her like
my
own mother. I do not want her to die because of the poison I gave her."

Mr. Huang smiled and nodded his head. "Li-Li, there's nothing to worry
about. I never gave you any poison. The herbs I gave you were vitamins
to
improve her health. The only poison was in your mind and your attitude
towards her, but that has been all washed away by the love which you
gave
to her."

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