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井底之蛙

In a shallow well, there lived a frog. One day, the frog jumped out of the well. He met a large turtle from the East Sea, and said to it, “The well where I live is a very pleasant place. When I am happy, I jump up out of the well, jump over the wall surrounding it, and play in the area nearby. Then, when I am tired, I go back to the well and rest quietly in its depths. The water in the well just comes up to my chin. The mud around my feet feels soft and comfortable. You see, the shrimp, crabs, tadpoles, and other water creatures are all not as happy as I am. Also, I am the only occupant of the well. Inside the walls of the well is such a wonderful place. Why don’t you come in and share my happiness?”
When the turtle heard what the frog said, he wanted to go into the well and see for himself, but before he even got his left leg into the well, his right leg was already stuck in the mud. The turtle had to carefully back out so he would not be completely stuck in the well. Then he began to tell the frog about the sea: “Have you seen the sea? The sea is more than one thousand miles wide. It is very deep, deeper than the height of a thousand-mile-high mountain. In ancient times, nine years out of ten, blood on the land kept the water of the sea from rising; later, seven years out of eight, drought held back the waters of the sea; now the sea stays the same depth and does not change from year to year. Since the waters of the great sea are always the same, it is a very pleasant place to live!”
When the frog heard this story, he was amazed. He wondered how it was possible that there was a bigger world outside the well. This story tells us that the frog could only see the world as the size of the opening of the well. It refers to people with narrow vision and experience.

翻译:

一口浅井里住着一只青蛙，有一天，青蛙在井边碰上了一只从东海里来的大龟，青蛙对海归夸口说：“我住在这个地方可快乐了！高兴时，我跳出井外，攀缘栏杆，尽情地蹦跳。玩累了，我回到井中，躲在井壁窟窿里，安静地休息。井中的水，刚好浸没我的两腋，托住下巴；稀泥没过我的双脚，绵软舒适。看看那些虾、蟹、蝌蚪，谁也没有我快活。而且，我独为这口水井的主人，跨井栏、倚井栏，其乐无穷，你何不进来跟我一起分享这些快乐呢？”
那海龟听了青蛙的话，就想下井去看看；但是他左腿还没有迈进去，右腿已经被绊住了。于是他只好小心地退回来，向青蛙讲起大海的情景：“你看过海吗？用千里之遥，不能形容海的辽阔；千仞之高，不足以形容海的深度。古时候，十年有九年发大水，海面却没因此增高；后来，八年里有七年是大旱，海岸也没因缺雨而降低。大海不随着时间的推移而发生变化，不因为水增多减少而或进或退，住在那样的大海里才是真的快乐呢！”
浅井之蛙听了这些话，吃惊地呆在那里，他哪里会想到还有比一方水井更大的世界呢！
这个故事告诉我们，浅井里的青蛙只能看到井口那么大的一块天，比喻见识狭小的人。