XI
REVENGE
This is a fox whose bite brings blood.
It represents a very bad spirit.
It means, "I am going to pay him back." "I am going to get even." "You just see, I'll catch him and make him sorry!"
It does make him sorry, not in the sense of being penitent and wishing he had not done it, or longing to undo it; but sorry because of the blow he gets in return.
It is a bitter heart that takes revenge. It goes with a hard, unforgiving spirit.
It is an awful way for girls and boys to act, because they should be so bright and smiling. They are so fresh and sunny. They are so young they should not grow hard like an old shell.
They ought to be all mercy, forgiveness, kindness, because they have so much of it shown to them.
I hate to see a kiddie who is always looking for a chance to hit some one who happened to hit him.