添足(Add Feet)
one day three men got a bottle of wine. but the wine was not enough for them three and each of them wanted to drink the wine alone. then they all agreed that they each would draw a snake on the ground and the one who first finished drawing would be given the wine. so they began to draw on the ground with sticks.
it was not long before one of the three finished drawing his snake. he found the other two were still busy with their drawings."how slow you are ! "said he, "i can even add feet to my snake before you finish yours."he put down the bottle and began to add feet to his snake. but before he finished, another man took hold of the bottle and said, "i've finished. snakes have no feet, so yours is not a snake."with these words he drank up the wine.
"添足"英語作文譯文
從前，有3個人得到一壺酒，但酒不夠這3個人喝，而且他們每個人都想獨自占有。他們決定在地上畫蛇，先畫好的人就喝這壺酒。于是他們就開始在地上用木棍畫。
不一會兒，其中一個人先畫好了，他發(fā)現(xiàn)另兩人還未畫完，就說：“你們真慢啊!在你們畫完之前，我還能給蛇添上腳呢!”于是，他放下酒壺，開始給蛇添足。但腳未畫完，另一人拿起酒壺說，“我已把蛇畫好了，蛇本來沒有腳，你怎能給它添腳呢?”說著，他把酒一飲而盡。