《母亲和狼》的故事告诉我们要懂得聆听别人话语中的言外之意，有时候别人的语言里可能含有深意，如果只知道接受话语里的字面意思，很容易对人对事产生误解。《母亲和狼》的故事出自《伊索寓言》。
《母亲和狼》的故事
一只饥饿的狼四处寻觅食物。走着走着，它被小孩子的哭声吸引，来到了一个农舍。他在窗下屏息而立，只听到母亲对小孩子说：“别哭了，不然我就把你扔出去喂狼。”
狼信以为真，以为她真会这样做，便站在门外等着，期待着快点能满足自己的食欲。直到傍晚来临，它又听见母亲在哄小孩子：“要是狼真的来了，爸爸就会杀死他的。”狼听了这话后，气愤地赶紧跑开了，它边跑边想：“那个房子里的人说的话，一句也不能信。”
原文
A hungry Wolf was prowling about in search of food.By and by,attracted by the cries of a Child，he came to a cottage.As he crouched beneath the window,he heard the Mother say to the Child，“Stop crying，do!or I’ll throw you to the Wolf.”Thinking she really meant what she said，he waited there a long time in the expectation of satisfying his hunger.In the evening he hea——cdthe Mother fondling her Child and saying，“If the naughty Wolf comes，he shan’t get my little one;Daddy will kill him.”The Wolf got up in much disgust and walked away：“As for the people in that house.”said he to himself,“you can’t believe a word they say.”