ikuo中国寓言故事-英文版

2021年1月11日发(作者：耿志炜)
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Once upon a time, there was a nobleman who gave some wine to
his servants．The wine was not enough for all．The servants finally
decided whoever first finished drawing a snake on the ground would get
the cup of wine．One of the servants finished drawing first．He took up
the cup and was about to drink the wine when he thought of adding feet
to the snake．He went on drawing．Then another servant finished drawing
his snake. He snatched the wine cup and drank up the wine saying: “It is I
who first finished drawing the snake．What you have drawn is not a
snake．A snake doesn't have feet.”

杞人忧天
In the Spring and Autumn Period, in the State of Qi, there was a
man who always let his imagination run away with him. One day he even
worried that the sky would fall on his head. He was so worried that he
could neither eat nor sleep. Later, someone persuaded him that his fears
were ground-less. This idiom satirizes those who worry unnecessarily.