ToPulluptheSeedlingstoHelpThemGrow

　　Onceuponatime,anoldfarmerplantedaplotofrice.Everydayhe

　　wenttothefieldtowatchtheseedlingsgrow.Hesawtheyoungshoots

　　breakthroughthesoilandgrowtallereachday.Butstill,hethought

　　theyweregrowingtooslowly.Hegotimpatientwiththeyoungplants.

　　"Howcouldtheplantsgrowfaster?"Hetossedinbedduringthenightand

　　couldnotsleep.Suddenlyhehituponanidea.Hehadanideanotwait

　　fordaybreak.Hejumpedoutofthebedanddashedtothefield.Bythe

　　moonlight,hebeganworkingonthericeseedlings.Onebyone,hepulled

　　uptheyoungplantsbyhalfaninch.Whenhefinishedpulling,itwas

　　alreadymorning.Straighteninghisback,hesaidtohimself,"Whata

　　wonderfulidea!Look,howmuchtallertheplantshavegrownonenight!"

　　Withgreatsatisfaction,hewentbackhome.Hetoldhissonwhathehad

　　doneinatriumphanttone.Hissonwasshocked.Nowthesunhadrisen.

　　Theyoungmanwasheart-brokentoseeallthepulled-upyoungplants

　　dying.

　　Peoplenowuse"BaMiaoZhuZhang"todescribethebehaviorofthose

　　whoaretooeagertogetsomethingdoneonlytomakeitworse.Theidiom

　　isabitliketheEnglishproverb"Hastemakeswaste"------tospoil

　　thingsbyexcessiveenthusiasm.

　　拨苗助长

　　从前,有个农夫,种了稻苗后,便希望能早早收成.每天他到稻田时,发觉那些稻

　　苗长得非常慢.

　　他等得不耐烦,心想：“怎么样才能使稻苗长得高,长很快呢?

　　想了又想,他终了想到一个“最佳方法”,就是将稻苗拨高几分.

　　经过一番辛劳后,他满意地扛锄头回家休息.心想：明天稻苗长得一定更高了.

　　隔天早晨．一早起身,他迫不及待地起去稻田看他的“成果”.

　　哪知,他跑到稻田时,却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了.