画蛇添足

时古候，有一群人得到了一壶酒，他们都想喝。为了决定谁来喝这壶酒，有人建议：每个人在地上画一条蛇，谁画得又快又好，这壶酒就归谁喝。大家都认为这个办法很公平，就在地上画起蛇来。

有个人画得很快，一眨眼工夫就画好了。他把酒壶端起来，回头看看，发现其他人都还没有画好，就自言自语地说：“我再给蛇添上几只脚，他们也不一定画得完。”说完，他左手提着酒壶，右手拿着一根树枝，给蛇画起脚来。

不料，还没等他画完脚，另外一个人已经画好了。那个人马上把酒壶从他手里夺过去，说：“你见过蛇吗？蛇是没有脚的，你为什么要给它添上脚呢？”这个人争辩说：“因为我早就画完了，所以给蛇添了几只脚。”那个人说：“蛇是没有脚的，你现在画了脚，就不是蛇了。第一个画好蛇的人是我，不是你！”

那个人说完，就仰起头来，咕咚咕咚地把酒喝下去了。

Bahasa Indonesia

Dahulu kala, ada sekumpulan orang mendapatkan satu guci anggur. Demi memutuskan siapa yang meminum anggur  tersebut, ada orang mengusulkan: setiap orang menggambar seekor ular diatas tanah, siapa yang dapat menggambar lebih cepat dan lebih bagus, guci anggur itu menjadi miliknya. Semua orang menggangap cara itu sangat adil, lalu mulai menggambar ular di atas tanah.

Ada seseorang dapat menggambar dengan sangat cepat, dalam waktu sekejap mata telah menggambar dengan bagus. Dia mengangkat guci anggur itu dari bawah, menengokan kepala, menemukan orang yang lain masih belum menggambar dengan bagus, kemudian berkata sendiri : “Saya akan memberikan ular tambahan beberapa kaki, mereka juga belum tentu selesai menggambar.” Selesai bicara, tangan kirinya menggangkat guci anggur, tangan kanannya menggambil sebatang dahan pohon, memberikan ular gambar kaki.

Tidak terduga, belum menunggu dia selesai menggambar, orang yang satu lagi sudah selesai menggambar dengan baik. Orang tersebut segera merebut guci anggur itu dari dalam tangannya, berkata: “Pernahkah kamu melihat ular? Ular tidak memiliki kaki, mengapa kamu menambahkan kaki?” orang ini berkata “ Karen saya telah selesai duluan, maka saya menambahkan ular beberapa kaki.” Orang itu berkata: “Ular tidak memiliki kaki, kamu sekarang menggambarkan kaki, sudah bukan ular lagi. Orang pertama yang menggambar ular dengan baik adalah saya, bukan kamu!”

Orang itu selesai berkata, lalu mengangkat kepala, meminum anggur kebawah dengan suara tegukan air.

English

Long time ago, there was a group of people got one jug of wine. They wanted to drank it, to decide who drank this jug of beer, there was a person suggested : each people drew a snake on the land, who could draw faster and better, that jug of wine was for that people. All people considered this way was very fair, then started to draw snake.

There was a person who able to draw very fast, in flash time he had finish to draw it goodly. He took the jug of beer from down, took a look, found that other people hadn’t finished to draw well. Then spoke himself: “I will add some legs for snake, they also wouldn’t certainly be able to finish drawing.” After finished speaking, his left hand lifted the jug of wine and his right hand took a tree branch, adding legs to the snake.

Unpredictedly, hadn’t waited for that person to finish drawing, another person had drawn snake well. That person immidiately grabbed the jug of wine from his hand, he said: “Have you ever seen snake? Snake doesn’t has legs, why do you add legs to it?” the people debate: “Because I have finished earlier, so that I add them some legs.” That person said: “Snake doesn’t has legs, now you draw legs, it doesn’t a snake anymore now. The first person who draws snake well is me, not you!”

After that person finished talking, he lifted his head, drank the wine down with a drinking people sound.

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From this story, we can learn that if we do things that are unnecessary to do, it only waste our time and can be dangerous for us. So, do something effeciently!