守株待兔 Waiting for Rabbits Beside a Tree

守株待兔 Waiting for Rabbits Beside a Tree

Waiting for Rabbits Beside a Tree

One day a farmer of the Kingdom of Song was ploughing the field.Suddenly he saw a rabbit dash into a stump.The rabbit broke its neck and died soon.The farmer was very glad that he got a rabbit without any ef-fort.From that day on,he left his ploughing and kept watching by the big tree all day long in hopes of getting another rabbit this way.But a whole year passed and he got none.Looking back,he saw the field lie waste,overrun with weeds.He became a laughingstock of Song people.

守株待兔

一天，宋朝的一个农民在地里耕地，忽然他看到一只兔子撞到了树桩上，兔子撞断了颈子，马上死了。农民很高兴他不费吹灰之力得到了一只兔子。从那天起，他丢掉了犁，整天守着大树，希望这样也可以得到另外一只兔子。但一年过去了，他什么也没得到。他回头一看，田地荒芜，长满了杂草，他成为宋朝人民的笑料。