"Little one, I was wrong. I wasn't in my right mind for a moment. Please don't hold it against me, okay? Your teachers must have taught you that everyone deserves a chance to turn over a new leaf. Just give me this one chance."
To deceive a man of principle, one exploits his rules. To deceive a child, one feigns sincerity.
Since their schemes were no match for the little one, they resorted to coaxing her.
"Yeah, let me go too! I have an elderly mother and a child at home. Yes, a child as adorable as you! You wouldn't want her to lose her dad, would you?" one of them, a loner, said, fabricating a daughter on the spot.
Another, a bachelor, chimed in, "I have a beautiful girlfriend, and we're getting married next month. Little one, I can't die! Otherwise, think how heartbroken she'll be!"
"That's right, I also have a beautiful wife waiting for me at home."
"Me too, my wife is gorgeous. If I don't go back, she'll be bullied by brutes and hooligans."
