父亲和他的两个女儿（Father and his two daughters）

从前，一位父亲有两个女儿，一个嫁了菜农，另一个嫁给了陶工。过了些日子，父亲来到菜农家里，问女儿情况如何，他们的生活过得怎么样。女儿说一切都很好，只是有一事须祈祷神明，那就是请求多下雨，好好地浇灌那些蔬菜。不久之后，他又来到陶工家里，问女儿过得如何。女儿说什么都不缺，只祷告一件事，请求天气晴朗，阳光充足，使陶器更快地干燥。父亲对她说道：“你望出太阳，你的妹妹却盼下雨，那么我又为谁祈求呢?”

寓意：那些同时想做两件截然不同的事情的人，结果是任何一件事都干不成。

Once upon a time, a father had two daughters, one married to a vegetable farmer and the other to a potter. After some time, the father came to the vegetable farmer's house and asked his daughter how things were doing and how their lives were going. The daughter said that everything was fine, but there was one thing to pray to the gods, and that was to ask for more rain and to water the vegetables well. Soon after, he came to the potter's house and asked his daughter how she was doing. The daughter said that there was no shortage of anything, only one thing to pray, asking that the weather be clear and the sun be full so that the pottery would dry faster. Her father said to her, "You see the sun, but your sister expects it to rain, so who am I praying for?"

Moral: Those who want to do two very different things at the same time, the result is that neither can be done.

口渴的鸽子（Thirsty pigeons）

有只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一个水瓶，以为是真的。他立刻呼呼地猛飞过去，不料一头碰撞在画板上，折断了翅膀，摔在地上，被人轻易地捉住了。

寓意：有些人想急于得到所需的东西，一时冲动，草率从事，就会身遭不幸。

A pigeon was so thirsty that he saw a water bottle drawn on the drawing board and thought it was true. He immediately flew over with a whimper, but unexpectedly collided on the drawing board, broke his wings, fell to the ground, and was easily caught.

Moral: Some people who want to rush to get what they need, impulsively, hastily engaged, will suffer misfortune.