G2成语_HurryUp,Plants拔苗助长
作者：EvanPeng
朗读者：CorryWalling
Lexile：600L
难度：相当于美国小学二年级
有个宋国人因为担忧自己的禾苗不生长，便将禾苗往上拔，回家后他吹
嘘给他的儿子听，他的儿子急忙跑到田里，发现禾苗都枯死了。这个故
事看似可笑，却映射了许多生活中人们的行为。
WelcometoALO7’sPowertoLearn!Today’sstoryisHurryUp,
Plants!retoldbyEvanPeng,andnarratedbyCorryWalling.
AwisemannamedMengzioncetoldthisstory:
Along,longtimeago,therewasafarmerwholivedwithhissoninthe
StateofSong.However,theyweren’tmusical.Theywerehardworking
andrarelysang.Thefarmerwasparticularlyserious.Hisclosest
neighborhadevencalledhimaworrier.
Oncetheweatherwasgood,thefarmerandhissonplantedrice
together.Theyweretiredandproudwhenalltheseedshadbeen
planted.Thefarmerhopedtheyhaddoneeverythingperfectly.
Hewantedtowatchthericegrow.Startingatsunriseeveryday,he
stoodinthefloodedfields,waiting.Hewonderedifthesmall
greensproutneartheboulderhadbeenthereanhourago.Hegot
excited.Maybeitwasanewplant!Whenhelookedcloser,hesawthatit
wasanoldplant.Whatadisappointment.Hewentbacktowatchingthe
fields.Hewavedhisarmstoscarebirds.Manydayspassedjustinthis
way.
Soon,hebegantogetworried.Itseemedthattheshootshadnotgrown
forseveraldays.Theylookedthesameastheyhadthedaybefore,and
thedaybeforethat,andthedaybeforethattoo.
Hedecidedtostopathisclosestneighbor’shouse.Astheydranktea,
thefarmeraskedthequestionthathadbeenbotheringhim.“Bytheway,
howisyourricegrowing?”heasked.“Iamworriedaboutmine.Itseems
tohavestoppedgrowing!”
“Oh,myriceisgrowinggreenandhealthy!”repliedtheneighbor.“Iam
veryhappywiththeprogress.Naturewillprovide.”
Thisconversationdidnotputthefarmer’smindatease.Hequickly
returnedtohisfieldstocheckonhisrice.Itlookedlikeitstillhadn’t
grown.Notevenamillimeter!Hestartedtopanic.Helookedagain.Was