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古时候，宋国有一个农夫，每天都在田里辛勤地耕作。
gǔ shí hou sòng guó yǒu yí gè nóng fū měi tiān dōu zài tián li xīn qín de gēng zuò
In ancient times, there was a farmer in the State of Song who worked hard in his field every day.
有一天，一只兔子飞快地跑过来，一头撞在田边的树桩上，倒在地上不动了。
yǒu yì tiān yì zhī tù zi fēi kuài de pǎo guò lai yì tóu zhuàng zài tián biān de shù zhuāng shang dǎo zài dì shang bú dòng le
One day, a rabbit came running very fast, crashed headfirst into the tree stump at the edge of the field, and fell to the ground without moving.
农夫白白捡到一只肥兔子，高兴极了，心想：要是每天都能捡到兔子就好了！
nóng fū bái bái jiǎn dào yì zhī féi tù zi gāo xìng jí le xīn xiǎng yào shi měi tiān dōu néng jiǎn dào tù zi jiù hǎo le
The farmer had got a plump rabbit for nothing. He was overjoyed and thought: if only I could pick up a rabbit every day!
从此，他放下锄头，整天坐在树桩旁边，等着兔子再撞上来。
cóng cǐ tā fàng xià chú tou zhěng tiān zuò zài shù zhuāng páng biān děng zhe tù zi zài zhuàng shàng lai
From then on, he put down his hoe and sat beside the tree stump all day, waiting for another rabbit to crash into it.
日子一天又一天地过去了，他连一根兔毛也没有等到。
rì zi yì tiān yòu yì tiān de guò qu le tā lián yì gēn tù máo yě méi yǒu děng dào
The days went by one after another, but he didn't get so much as a single rabbit hair.
田里的杂草越长越高，把庄稼都盖住了，他的田也荒了。
tián li de zá cǎo yuè zhǎng yuè gāo bǎ zhuāng jia dōu gài zhù le tā de tián yě huāng le
The weeds in his field grew taller and taller and covered all the crops, and his field went to waste.
村里的人都笑他太傻，只想着不劳而获，最后什么也得不到。
cūn li de rén dōu xiào tā tài shǎ zhǐ xiǎng zhe bù láo ér huò zuì hòu shén me yě dé bu dào
The villagers all laughed at him for being so foolish: he only wanted something for nothing, and in the end he got nothing at all.
“守株待兔”这个成语告诉我们，不能把偶然的好运当成常事，要靠自己努力才会有收获。
shǒu zhū dài tù zhè gè chéng yǔ gào su wǒ men bù néng bǎ ǒu rán de hǎo yùn dàng chéng cháng shì yào kào zì jǐ nǔ lì cái huì yǒu shōu huò
The idiom “waiting by a tree stump for a rabbit” teaches us not to treat a lucky accident as something that happens all the time; only by working hard ourselves will we reap a harvest.