揠苗助长现代版

AButterfly’sLesson張家興譯揠苗助長(現代版)蝴蝶的故事”One

day,

asmall

oppeningappearedonacocoon;amansatandwatchedforthebutterflyfor

several

hoursasitstruggled

to

force

its

body

throughthatlittle

hole.在草地對開的小樹上，掛著一顆虫繭。小樹旁有一個人守候著，且已守候多時，專心觀察虫繭的每一微小變化。虫繭終於開了一個小孔，小蝴蝶也開始慢慢、吃力地鑽出了一點…Then,itseemstostopmakingany

progress.Itappeared

as

ifithadgottenasfarasitcouldanditcouldnotgo

anyfurther.突然，一切動作停頓。小蝴蝶似乎耗盡體力，無法破繭而出。

Sothemandecidedtohelpthebutterfly:hetookapairofscissorsandopenedthecocoon.Thebutterflythenemergedeasily.Butithadawithered

body,

itwastiny

andshrivelledwings.守在樹旁的人看在眼裡，心底焦急，決定出手相助。他拿出剪刀，輕而易舉地把虫繭外膜剪開；讓小蝴蝶鬆容地爬出來。可是，爬了出來的小蝴蝶，身體萎縮，雙翼內摺。Themancontinuedtowatchbecauseheexpectedthat,

atany

moment,

the

wings

wouldopen,enlargeandexpand,tobeabletosupportthebutterfly’sbody,andbecomefirm.守在樹旁的人繼續凝神觀察，等待。他希望見到小蝴蝶伸展雙翼，讓雙翼擴張，變得堅挺，承載身體飛翔。Neither

happened!Infact,

the

butterflyspenttherestofitslifecrawlingaroundwithawitheredbodyandshrivelledwings.Itneverwasabletofly.

可是，無論他等待多久，小蝴蝶都沒有振翅高飛。小蝴蝶從此只能帶著萎縮的翅膀和身軀，爬行度日。Whattheman,inhiskindnessandhisgoodwilldidnotunderstandwasthattherestrictingcocoonandthestrugglerequiredforthebutterflytogetthroughthetinyopening,wereGod’swayofforcingfluidfromthebodyofthebutterflyintoitswings,sothatitwouldbereadyforflightonceitachieveditsfreedomfromthecocoon.這個人顯然有一副好心腸，也有良好願望。可是，他不知道，小蝴蝶要經過掙扎，要奮力由小孔鑽出，才能把身軀內的液體輸送到兩邊翅膀，到完全擺脫繭膜時，才有能力自由飛翔。

Sometimes,strugglesareexactlywhatweneedinourlife.IfGodallowedustogothroughourlifewithoutanyobstacles,

itwouldcrippleus.

Wewouldnotbeasstrongaswecouldhavebeen.

Never