中国寓言故事英语阅读语篇精选———用英语说中国故事 Waiting by the Stump for a Rabbit （守株待兔） In ancient times, there was a farmer in the State of Song who worked in his field. It was midsummer— the scorching sun shone overhead, there was not a breath of cool wind, and the air felt as if it had frozen. The farmer had only hoed half the field when he was so tired that sweat poured off him. It was too hot. He had to put down his hoe and walk to the woods by the field to cool off and rest. As soon as he entered the woods, a big tree stump came into view. The stump was thick, and its broken end was smooth—it looked like a small round table from a distance. “Sitting on it to rest should be very comfortable,” the farmer thought happily as he walked toward the stump. Suddenly, a rabbit darted out of the woods and ran straight toward the stump. With a loud “thud,” the rabbit fell to the ground and didn’t move at all. The farmer was stunned—he couldn’t react for a moment. He didn’t know how much time had passed before he came to his senses. He walked up to the stump and looked carefully. Only then did he find that the rabbit had hit the stump and died. “What a big rabbit! If I take it home and boil it, it will definitely be a delicious meal!” When he saw the fat rabbit lying at his feet, the man from Song felt overjoyed, and his stomach even started growling with hunger. So he gave up his farm work, picked up the rabbit, carried his hoe, and went home happily to share the delicious food with his family. The rabbit meat was fresh and tender. The farmer had never eaten such delicious food before, and he couldn’t forget the taste for a long time. When he came to the field again, he began to daydream: “How great it would be if I could eat delicious rabbit meat every day!” As he thought about it, it was as if he was already eating the rabbit meat—he even smacked his lips nonstop. “Since the rabbits here are so stupid and like to hit trees, I’ll just wait here for them,” he thought. With that, he stopped doing any work and simply sat on the stump to wait. He waited until the sun set, but not a single rabbit appeared. However, the farmer was not willing to give up. He always held a glimmer of hope, so he waited day after day, month after month, and no longer had the heart to work in the field. In the end, he didn’t wait for any rabbits, and his crop field was overgrown with weeds—everything went to waste. Moral Many things in life happen by accident. We must not treat accidental events as things that are sure to happen. Expecting accidental events to happen again will bring no results at all, and it is foolish and ridiculous. 守株待兔（中文翻译） 古时候，宋国有个农夫在田里劳作。那时正是盛夏 ——— 头顶烈日炎炎，连一丝凉风都没有，空气仿佛都凝固了。农夫只锄了半亩地，就累得汗如雨下。天实在太热了，他只好放下锄头，走到田边的树林里纳凉休息。 刚走进树林，一个大大的树桩就映入眼帘。这树桩又粗又壮，断裂的断面很平整，远远看去像一张小小的圆桌。“坐 ... ...
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