英语小故事20字

Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It

画一条蛇并加上脚

Long long ago, several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself.

很久很久以前，几个人中间有一罐酒，他们都想自己喝。

So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the ground and the man who finished first would have the wine.

因此，他们制定了一条规则，每个人都要在地上画一条蛇，谁先画完谁就有酒。

One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing, so he decided to draw the feet to the snake.

一个人很快就完成了他的蛇，他正要喝酒，这时他看到其他人还在忙着画，所以他决定画蛇的脚。

However, before he could finish the feet, another man finished and grabbed the jar from him, saying, "Who has ever seen a snake with feet?"

然而，在他能完成脚之前，另一个人完成了，从他手中夺过罐子，说：“谁见过有脚的蛇？”

The story of "Draw a snake and add feet to It." tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough.

“画蛇加脚”的故事告诉我们，走得太远和走得不够远一样糟糕。