守株待兔（详读本）

宋sòng国有guó yǒu一yī个gè农民nóng mín，田tián里lǐ有yǒu一yī棵kē大dà树shù。他tā每měi天tiān在zài地dì里lǐ干gàn活huó，日子rì zi过guo得děi很hěn辛苦xīn kǔ。

In the state of Song there was a farmer whose field held a big tree. He worked hard every day.

有yǒu一yī天tiān，他tā正在zhèng zài锄chú地dì，忽然hū rán看见kàn jiàn一yī只zhī兔tù子zi从cóng远处yuǎn chù飞快fēi kuài地dì跑pǎo过来guò lái。

One day while hoeing, he suddenly saw a rabbit racing toward him from far away.

那nà只zhī兔tù子zi跑pǎo得děi太tài急jí，一头yī tóu撞zhuàng在zài大dà树shù上shàng，脖子bó zi断duàn了liǎo，倒dào在zài地上dì shang不bù动dòng了liǎo。

The rabbit ran so fast it crashed into the tree, broke its neck, and fell still.

农民nóng mín高兴gāo xìng极jí了liǎo。他tā捡jiǎn起qǐ兔tù子zi，回家huí jiā做zuò了liǎo一yī顿dùn好吃hǎo chī的de晚饭wǎn fàn。他tā想xiǎng：今天jīn tiān真zhēn走zǒu运yùn，白bái得了dé le一yī只zhī兔tù子zi。

The farmer was overjoyed. He picked it up and cooked a fine dinner. What luck, he thought, a free rabbit.

第dì二èr天tiān，他tā又yòu来到lái dào田tián里lǐ，可是kě shì这zhè一yī次cì，他tā没有méi yǒu干gàn活huó。他tā坐zuò在zài大dà树shù旁边páng biān，等děng着zhuó兔tù子zi再zài来lái撞zhuàng树shù。

The next day he returned, but this time he did no work. He sat by the tree, waiting for another rabbit to crash into it.

一yī天tiān过去guò qù了liǎo，没有méi yǒu兔tù子zi来lái。两liǎng天tiān过去guò qù了liǎo，还是hái shi没有méi yǒu。他tā天天tiān tiān坐zuò在zài那里nà li等děng，田tián里lǐ的de草cǎo越yuè长zhǎng越yuè高gāo，庄稼zhuāng jia全都quán dōu荒huāng了liǎo。

One day passed, no rabbit. Two days, still none. He waited day after day while weeds grew tall and his crops died.

秋天qīu tiān到dào了liǎo，别人bié ren的de田tián里lǐ都dōu丰收fēng shōu了liǎo，只有zhǐ yǒu他tā的de田tián里lǐ什么shén me也yě没有méi yǒu。

When autumn came, everyone's fields were full of grain, except his, which held nothing.

村cūn里lǐ的de人rén都dōu笑xiào他tā：哪na有yǒu天天tiān tiān撞zhuàng树shù的de兔tù子zi呢ne？为了wèi le等děng一yī只zhī兔tù子zi，他tā把bǎ一yī年nián的de收shōu成chéng都dōu丢dīu了liǎo。

The villagers laughed: where is there a rabbit that crashes into a tree every day? Waiting for one rabbit, he lost a whole year's harvest.

有人yǒu rén问wèn他tā：你nǐ为什么wèi shén me不bù干gàn活huó了liǎo？他tā说shuō：干gàn活huó多duō累lèi啊ā，我wǒ等děng着zhuó捡jiǎn兔tù子zi就jìu行háng了liǎo，又yòu轻松qīng sōng又yòu有yǒu肉ròu吃chī。

Someone asked him: why have you stopped working? He said: work is tiring; waiting for rabbits is easy and I still get meat.

消息xiāo xi传出chuán chū去qù很hěn远yuǎn，连lián邻lín村cūn的de人rén都dōu知道zhī dào了liǎo宋sòng国有guó yǒu这么zhè me一yī个gè等děng兔tù子zi的de农民nóng mín。

The news spread so far that even neighboring villages knew of the Song farmer waiting for rabbits.

这zhè个gè故事gù shi告诉gào su我们wǒ men：不bù能néng把bǎ偶然ǒu rán的de好运hǎo yùn当成dàng chéng规律guī lǜ，真正zhēn zhèng的de收获shōu huò，要yào靠kào自己zì jǐ的de劳动láo dòng。

The lesson: never mistake a lucky accident for a rule. Real harvests come from real work.