The parable of good and bad deeds

Evil begets only evil

— Well, my children, tell me about your adventures, — their grandfather greeted them kindly but excitedly.

— Well, it was a tough but fun operation! — Oscar said proudly, — we broke their printing presses and flooded their leaflets and their whole cave with water, — and they told their grandfather everything they saw and did.

— Well done, my heroes, now for a while the snakes will calm down and not sell their rotten bricks for their bad deeds at the fair of life. But they are cunning snakes, they will still come up with something and restore everything. They are earth creatures, and that's their home, you can't drive them out. In our time, we too have chased them into caves and flooded them with water, but it was all in vain, they kept coming back again and again. And surprisingly and sadly, many of us were happy to see them return — we could quickly build our huge houses of life and throw a party in them like no other! To the envy of everyone, until a hurricane with rain came. And then even a flood wouldn't stop them from trading at the fair of life again and again."

— Yes, grandfather, I understand. I too am in a hurry and grab onto all tasks, good and bad, without discrimination! — Oscar said.

— And as for our business with the snakes, smashing their cave is an evil and bad deed that will only generate an evil response from them, — unexpectedly responded grandfather to his friends.

— Why is it evil? They started it and continue it! — protested Oscar.

— Yes, they started it and continue it, but that is their essence and nature — to sell evil, — sadly replied grandfather, — and the more we chase them, the more wicked deeds and actions they come up with. And they deceive us, disguising their dirty deeds as seemingly good ones. They are cunning and come up with new actions that we haven't done and don't know the consequences for our home of life. And it's hard to tell now where the good deeds end and the bad ones begin. And we, seeing a huge reward, eagerly take them on, hoping to quickly build our home of life! Evil begets only evil! — wisely said grandfather.

— Well, what can we do? Just sit and watch as they deceive us? — protested Oscar.

— Don't rush, Oscar, and I'll tell you what to do. The main thing is to listen and not to fly away to perform new feats… — grandfather said with a smile.