在美丽的小湖中心有一个岛屿，岛上有一座寺庙，寺庙里住着一个老和尚和一个小和尚。春天来临，小和尚在老和尚出门采购时，用绳子把石头绑在小鱼和小蛇身上，老和尚回来后发现了这一切，他以同样的方式惩罚了小和尚，并教育他要对别人有同情心。夏天，一个养病的少女来到寺庙，小和尚和她相爱了，两人偷吃了禁果，老和尚发现后将少女驱逐出寺庙。小和尚偷偷溜出寺庙去寻找他的恋人。秋天，青年和尚回来了，他在外犯下杀人罪，请求老和尚收留他。老和尚命令他在地上刻写佛经，化解罪孽。但第二天早晨，青年和尚被警察带走了。冬天，小和尚刑满释放，此时他已经是一个中年人了，他回到寺庙修行，但老和尚已经去世了。中年和尚领养了一个被遗弃的婴儿。又到了一年的春天，小和尚又做了和他年幼时一样的坏事，而中年和尚用同样的方式惩罚了他

这个故事描述了三代和尚之间的传承和成长。小和尚从年幼时期就受到老和尚的教导，但他仍然在青春期犯了错。青年和尚的出现表明了即使是修行者也会犯错，但是他通过苦行来化解罪孽。中年和尚则展示了对传统的承续和对新生命的关注。这个故事教育我们要做一个有同情心的人，要负起自己的责任，化解罪孽，而且传统需要被继承。

There is an island in the center of a beautiful small lake. There is a temple on the island. An old monk and a young monk live in the temple. When spring came, the little monk tied stones to small fish and snakes with ropes when the old monk was out shopping. The old monk found all this when he came back. sympathetic. In summer, a sick girl came to the temple. The young monk fell in love with her. They ate the forbidden fruit. The old monk expelled the girl from the temple after finding out. The little monk sneaked out of the temple to find his lover. In autumn, the young monk came back. He committed murder outside and asked the old monk to take him in. The old monk ordered him to write Buddhist scriptures on the ground to resolve the sin. But the next morning, the young monk was taken away by the police. In winter, the young monk was released after serving his sentence. At this time, he was already a middle-aged man. He returned to the temple to practice, but the old monk had passed away. A middle-aged monk adopted an abandoned baby. In the spring of another year, the little monk did the same bad thing as when he was young, and the middle-aged monk punished him in the same way

This story describes the inheritance and growth among three generations of monks. The young monk was taught by the old monk from a young age, but he still made mistakes in adolescence. The appearance of the young monk shows that even a practitioner can make mistakes, but he undoes sins through austerity. The middle-aged monks showed the inheritance of tradition and concern for new life. This story teaches us to be a compassionate person, to take up our own responsibilities, to resolve sins, and that traditions need to be carried on.