ToPulluptheSeedlingstoHelpThemGrow
Onceuponatime,anoldfarmerplantedaplotofrice.Everydayhe
wenttothefieldtowatchtheseedlingsgrow.Hesawtheyoungshoots
breakthroughthesoilandgrowtallereachday.Butstill,hethought
theyweregrowingtooslowly.Hegotimpatientwiththeyoungplants.
"Howcouldtheplantsgrowfaster?"Hetossedinbedduringthenightand
couldnotsleep.Suddenlyhehituponanidea.Hehadanideanotwait
fordaybreak.Hejumpedoutofthebedanddashedtothefield.Bythe
moonlight,hebeganworkingonthericeseedlings.Onebyone,hepulled
uptheyoungplantsbyhalfaninch.Whenhefinishedpulling,itwas
alreadymorning.Straighteninghisback,hesaidtohimself,"Whata
wonderfulidea!Look,howmuchtallertheplantshavegrownonenight!"
Withgreatsatisfaction,hewentbackhome.Hetoldhissonwhathehad
doneinatriumphanttone.Hissonwasshocked.Nowthesunhadrisen.
Theyoungmanwasheart-brokentoseeallthepulled-upyoungplants
dying.
Peoplenowuse"BaMiaoZhuZhang"todescribethebehaviorofthose
whoaretooeagertogetsomethingdoneonlytomakeitworse.Theidiom
isabitliketheEnglishproverb"Hastemakeswaste"------tospoil
thingsbyexcessiveenthusiasm.
拨苗助长
从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，发觉那些稻
苗长得非常慢。
他等得不耐烦，心想：“怎么样才能使稻苗长得高，长很快呢?
想了又想，他终了想到一个“最佳方法”，就是将稻苗拨高几分。
经过一番辛劳后，他满意地扛锄头回家休息。心想：明天稻苗长得一定更高了。
隔天早晨．一早起身，他迫不及待地起去稻田看他的“成果”。
哪知，他跑到稻田时，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。
