中國寓言故事雙語版 第133期:何必當初

In a village in the mountain in front, there was a man named Wang Laowu notorious for his laziness.

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前山村裏有個王老五，懶得出奇，

Everyone called him “Lazy Laowu”， but he never admitted he was lazy. Whenever someonecalled him “Lazy Laowu”, he would glare and say:

大家都叫他“懶老五”。可是王老五從來不承認自己懶，一聽有人叫他“懶老五”，他就瞪眼，說:

“Who is lazy? It is just that I don't want to make my efforts in vain.”

“誰懶了?我只是不願意幹那種白費勁的活兒罷了。”

One day he went out. Before he had taken several steps, he stumbled and fell down.

有一天，他出門剛走了兩步就跌了一跤。

He got up and walked for a few more steps, then fell down again.

他爬起來走了兒步，又跌了一跤。

This time he lay on the ground and would not get up. He said to himself:

這一回，他索性趴在地上不起來了。他自言自語地說:

“If I knew this earlier, why did I get up in the first place?”

“早知如此，剛纔何必爬起來呢!”