AddFeet

　　Onedaythreemengotabottleofwine.Butthewinewasnotenoughforthemthreeandeachofthemwantedtodrinkthewinealone.Thentheyallagreedthattheyeachwoulddrawasnakeonthegroundandtheonewhofirstfinisheddrawingwouldbegiventhewine.Sotheybegantodrawonthegroundwithsticks.

　　Itwasnotlongbeforeoneofthethreefinisheddrawinghissnake.Hefoundtheothertwowerestillbusywiththeirdrawings."Howslowyouare!"saidhe,"Icanevenaddfeettomysnakebeforeyoufinishyours."

　　Heputdownthebottleandbegantoaddfeettohissnake.Butbeforehefinished,anothermantookholdofthebottleandsaid,"I'vefinished.Snakeshavenofeet,soyoursisnotasnake."Withthesewordshedrankupthewine.

　　添足

　　从前,有3个人得到一壶酒,但酒不够这3个人喝,而且他们每个人都想独自占有.他们决定在地上画蛇,先画好的人就喝这壶酒.于是他们就开始在地上用木棍画.

　　不一会儿,其中一个人先画好了,他发现另两人还未画完,就说：“你们真慢啊!在你们画完之前,我还能给蛇添上脚呢!”于是,他放下酒壶,开始给蛇添足.但脚未画完,另一人拿起酒壶说,“我已把蛇画好了,蛇本来没有脚,你怎能给它添脚呢?”说着,他把酒一饮而尽.

　　TheTreesandtheAx

　　Onceuponatime,amancameintoaforest.Hesaidtothetrees,"Willyougivemeapieceofhardwood.?"Thetreesaid,"Yes,we'llgiveyouagoodpieceofhardwood."Hewasverygladtogetagoodpieceofwood.Hehurriedhomewithit.Atoncehemadeanewhandleofhisax.Thenhewenttotheforestagainandbegantocutdownallthebesttreesintheforest.Thetreeswereverysad.Theysaidtooneanother,"Wesufferforourownfoolishness."

　　树与斧头

　　从前有一个人进入了森林.他对树说：“您愿意给我一块硬木头吗?”树说：“行,我将给你一块价值较好的硬木头.”他非常高兴地得到了一块好木头.他赶紧把它带到家里,立即做了一把新斧头.然后他又去森林里砍最好的树.树感到非常悲伤,他们互相说道：“我们自作自受.”