守株待兔（英文翻译：Waiting by a Stub for the Hare）
Once upon a time, there was a farmer who worked hard on his farm every day. One day, as he was working in the fields, he saw a hare running very fast and suddenly it tripped over a stub, fell down, and could not get up again. The farmer was very happy and picked up the hare to take it home for dinner.
From then on, he gave up farming and waited by the stub every day, hoping to get another hare to fall down and become his meal. But the hares in the forest were very clever. They learned from the first hare’s mistake and never ran over the stub again.
Days passed, and the farmer’s fields became overgrown with s. He did not harvest any crops that year. His neighbors were all surprised at his behavior and asked him why he was not working in the fields anymore. The farmer explained that he was waiting for more hares to fall over the stub.
The neighbors laughed at him and said, “You cannot wait for hares to fall over the stub forever. You should go back to farming like before, or you will starve to death.”
The farmer did not believe them and continued to wait by the stub. He waited and waited, but no more hares fell over it. In the end, he died of hunger and his fields became a wasteland.
This is the story of “Waiting by a Stub for the Hare”. It teaches us that we should not rely on luck and expect unexpected gains. We should work hard and earn our living through honest labor.
守株待兔（英文翻译：Waiting by a Tree Stub for a Hare）
Long ago, there was a farmer who worked hard on his farm every day. One day, as he was working in the fields, he saw a hare running very fast and suddenly it tripped over a tree stub, fell down, and could not get up again. The farmer was very happy and picked up the hare to take it home for dinner.
From then on, he gave up farming and waited by the tree stub every day, hoping to get another hare to fall down and become his meal. But the hares in the forest were very clever. They learned from the first hare’s mistake and never ran over the tree stub again.
Days passed, and the farmer’s fields became overgrown with s. He did not harvest any crops that year. His neighbors were all surprised at his behavior and asked him why he was not working in the fields anymore. The farmer explained that he was waiting for more hares to fall over the tree stub.
The neighbors laughed at him and said, “You cannot wait for hares to fall over the tree stub forever. You should go back to farming like before, or you will starve to death.”
The farmer did not believe them and continued to wait by the tree stub. He waited and waited, but no more hares fell over it. In the end, he died of hunger and his fields became a wasteland.
This is the story of “Waiting by a Tree Stub for a Hare”. It teaches us that we should not rely on luck and expect unexpected gains. We should work hard and earn our living through honest labor.