People ! We stab people ! " says the bayonet. But now the needle starts to laugh, and it may still be laughing yet. With ha and hee and ho ho ho." When I pierce linen, one stitch, and the another, lo– I make a shirt, a sleeve, a dress, a hem. But people you can pierce forever, what will you create from them ?"The Bayonet and the Needle Eliezer Shtaynbarg
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When the bayonet and needle is compared to people, they both seem like tools that can be used for different things. The bayonet can be used for stabbing someone, but with the needle it can be used to sew. The bayonet is also sharp and hard and is designed to be a weapon, but the needle is soft and flexible and is designed to make people happy. This saying can also symbolize the difference between what we do and what we want to do.

When we stab someone with the bayonet we will not be happy with ourselves because we will know we did something wrong. However, when we use the needle as a tool to sew a shirt, a dress, a sleeve, a hem, or any other piece of fabric that will make someone happy then we cannot help but be happy with ourselves.

Source: The Jewish Book Of Fables: The Selected Works Of Eliezer Shtaynbarg

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