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once, the king of the state of wu wanted to invade the state of chu.
the king of wu warned his ministers: "if anyone should dare to 1 me from invading chu again, i will put him to death."
one young hanger-on of his wanted to dissuade him but didn't dare. he carried a slingshot, and for three 2 days paced up and down in the king's back garden. the dew wetted his clothes all through.
one day, the king of wu called him: "the dew has wetted your clothes to such a state. why should you bear such hardship?"
the young man replied: "there is a cicada on a tree in this garden. the cicada is high above, 3 4 and taking in the dew freely, not knowing that a 5 is right behind it. the mantis, pressing its body close in a 6 place, is intent on 7 the cicada, not knowing that a siskin is hiding right behind it. the siskin is stretching out its neck to peck at the mantis, not knowing that a man carrying a slingshot is under it. these three small creatures make every effort only to get the benefit before them but ignore 8 the disaster behind."
having heard the young man's words, the king of wu suddenly saw the light and said: "what you said is right!"
consequently, the king of wu dropped his plan to invade the state of chu.
一次，吴王要进攻楚国。
吴王警告他的大臣们说：“有谁再敢来劝阻我进攻楚国，我就处死他。”
吴王的门客中有一个年青人，想去劝阻但又不敢。他怀里揣着弹弓，一连三个早晨在吴工的后花园里徘徊，露水湿透了他的衣服。
一天，吴王叫住他：“露水把你的衣服湿成这个样子，你何必吃这个苦呢？”
年青人回答说：“这个园子里，有一棵树，树上有一只蝉。蝉高高在上，悠闲地叫着，自由自在地吸着露水，却不知道有一只蝗螂在它身后呢！蝗螂把身子紧紧地贴在隐蔽的地方，只想去捕蝉，却不知道有一只黄雀早已躲在它的身后呢！黄雀正伸长了脖子想去啄蝗螂，却不知道在它下面正有人拿着弹弓呢！这三只小生物，只是力求得到它们眼前的利益，却全不管它们身后隐伏着祸患啊！”
吴王听了年青人的话后，恍然大悟说：“你说得好啊！”
于是，吴王就不再进攻楚国了。
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