LadiesandGentlemen:MytopicisHonesty.AsacorrespondentoftheQingdaoMorningNews,IvisitedDr.JamesGilman,thePresidentoftheInternationalCommitteeforMarcoPoloStudiesinEngland.Inthispicture,thisisJames,andthisismeandwearelookingatadragon’stooth.Thisisatruestory./chuzhong/chusan/65yearsago,JameslivedinQingdao.Thenhewasonly5yearsold.HeoftenvisitedtheAquariumandwasfascinatedbyacreatureondisplaythere,whichhethoughtwasadragon.Hewasafraidofitssharpteethandwantedonetokeepasatreasure.Inthelate1930s,whentheJapaneseoccupiedQingdao,hisfamilyhadtoleave.OnhislastdayinQingdao,herantotheAquariumandpulledoutoneoftheteethfromthedragon’smouth.Hekeptthetoothforthene~t65years,butthefeelingofguiltathavingstolenitwasthereinthebackgroundallthroughhislife.Itwasalwaysonhisconscience,andthefeelingintensifiedashebecameolder.Finallyhedecidedtoputrighthischildisherror.In2002,hevisitedQingdaoandreturnedittotheAquariumwithhissincereapologies.Hereceivedawarmwelcome.WhenJamesvisitedQingdao,Iaccompaniedhimallthetimeandreportedonhisvisit.Iwasdeeplytouchedbyhishonesty.Ithastaughtmealot.Ithinktoerrishuman.Theimportantthingistohavethecouragetoadmitandcorrectone’serror.Honestyisavitalqualityofhumanbehaviour.Soweshouldtrytokeepanhonestmindineverythingwesayanddo.Iwouldliketosaytoallofmyfriends:Let’sbehonestpeopleofgoodmoralcharacter.Thankyou.