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Theft by the elderly is on the rise in Japan, reports China Youth Daily. <!--more-->

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顶端 - [pinyin]ding3 duan1[/pinyin] - Summit, peak
可惜 - [pinyin]ke3 xi1[/pinyin] - [to be] a pity
粪便 - [pinyin]fen4 bian4[/pinyin] - Feces
营养 - [pinyin]ying2 yang3[/pinyin] - Nutrition
极目远眺 - [pinyin]ji2 mu4 yuan3 tiao4[/pinyin] - Look into the distance
舔 - [pinyin]tian3[/pinyin] - To lick
屁股 - [pinyin]pi4 gu5[/pinyin] - Ass, butt

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中新网1月28日电据日本新闻网27日报道，日本警察厅发表消息说，越来越多的老人加入了小偷小摸的行列。在过去一年里，65岁以上老年人在超市和便利店等地方偷窃东西的人数比2009年增加了343人(增1.3%)，总数达到2万7362人，占到全体遭检举小偷总人数的26%，几乎与“小偷少年”(14-19岁)的总人数 (27%)相同。

据称，在这些被抓的“小偷老人”行窃的原因里，有71.8%的人是因为想要这些东西却不愿意花钱买。还有13.2%的人是因为口袋里实在没钱买东西。还有0.9%的老人只是觉得好玩，有一种游戏的感觉。按照男女比例来分，女性小偷是48.2%，男性小偷是51.8%，比例几乎相近。

报道说，这些老人偷窃的东西主要是食品。警察厅分析说，可能是这些老人对于自己今后的生活感到不安，怀着“节俭”的动机行窃。同时，调查也显示这些老人久居在家，没有社会的归属感，长期的孤独无助导致他们精神疲劳过度，而放松了对自制心。

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A turkey said to a bull: "I really want to fly to the top of that tree, it's a pity I don't have any strength." The bull proposed an idea: "Why don't you eat a little of my feces, it's rich in nutrients, hehe." The turkey thought that this made sense, so he ate [lit: pecked at] a little, and immediately felt strong,  and trying as hard as he could, he flew onto a tree branch. The second day, the turkey ate several mouthfuls of feces, got strength, and flew to an even higher tree branch. After two weeks, when the turkey had eaten enough bull feces, he finally flew to the top of the tree. He gazed into the distance, and just when he was feeling very pleased with himself, a farmer saw him, and quickly opened fire and shot him down. 

The moral of this fable is: licking other people's butts is a shortcut, and it can get you to a pretty high position very quickly, however it doesn't last long.

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