Story 8    Adding Feet to a Snake
  One day, Mr. Lion holds a party. Many animals come and drink a lot of wine. At last there is a pot of wine. Who can drink it? They drink out an idea and decide to have a match-Draw a snake. If you finish first, you can get it.
  Soon Mr.Wolf finishes drawing. “Yeah, I’ve finished. I’m No.1,” he says. But he draws again and says, “Oh, let me add feet and my snake.” At the time, Mr. Gorilla also finishes. He takes away the pot of wine and drinks, then he says, “That isn’t a snake. Snakes have no feet. I get the wine.”

故事8   畫蛇添足
一天， 獅子先生舉行一場(chǎng)聚會(huì)，許多動(dòng)物都來(lái)了，他們喝很多酒。最后只剩一壺酒了。讓誰(shuí)喝呢？它們想了想，有個(gè)主意。它們比賽畫蛇，誰(shuí)最快畫好，誰(shuí)就喝這壺酒。
   不一會(huì)，狼先生畫好了。“哈，我畫好了，我是第一個(gè)。”它說(shuō)�？墒撬�又畫了起來(lái)，它還說(shuō)：“再給它加幾只腳吧。”這是猩猩先生也畫好了。它拿起那酒壺喝起來(lái)。一邊喝一邊說(shuō)：“那不是蛇，蛇是沒(méi)有腳的，我贏了這壺酒。”