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第5章 Miss the boat

人们总是认为下一个会更好,可却在 等待中错过了最好的机会。你要继续等 下去还是要抓住眼前的机会呢?

A young man wants to marry the attractive daughter of the farmer to be his wife. So, he arrives in the farmer‘s family to propose.

The farmer tests him carefully, saying:“We go to farmland. I will release three bulls continuously, if you can catch any bull’s tail, you may get married to mydaughter.”

Therefore, they arrive at the farmland. The young man stands in there and waits for the farmer anxiously who will release the bull. Before long, the cowshed gate has been opened, a bull rushes to the young man directly. This is a biggest and ugliest bull that he has seen. He hesitates and thinks the next one should compare to this good. So he runs up to a side, lets this bull pass through the farmland, runs to the cowshed back door.

The cowshed gate is opened twice, the second bull has rushed out. Its build is huge, and it is very fierce.“Oh, it is reallytoo fearful. No matter what the next bulllooks like, general compares to this good.” Therefore, he hides himself and lets this fierce bull run across his side. Before long, the cowshed gate is opened three times. When the young man sees this bull, on the face splits the smile. Its build is not only short and small but also weak, this is precisely the bull which he wants to catch. When this bull runs over to him, he settles on the opportunity, fiercely jumps to his feet, when he is just about to grasp the cow tail, and actually discovers that this bull does not have the tail unexpectedly.