管中窥豹坐井观天的故事(3)

　　海鳖听了青蛙的一番高谈阔论，感到盛情难却，便走向井口，可是左腿还没能全部伸进去，右腿的膝盖就被井栏卡住了。海鳖只好慢慢地退了回去，反问青蛙：“你见过大海吗?”青蛙摇摆头。海鳖接着说：“海的广阔，岂止千里;海的深度，何止千丈。古时候，十个年头里就有九年闹水灾，海水并不因此增多;八个年头里就有七年闹旱灾，海水也不因此而减少。大海不受旱涝影响，住在广阔无垠的大海里才是真正的享受快乐呢!”

　　青蛙听傻了，鼓着眼睛，半天合不拢嘴。

　　据此，后人演绎出了两个意思相近的成语：“井底之蛙”和“坐井观天”。

　　——《庄子·秋水》　　拓展阅读：《坐井观天》英文版

　　Look at the Sky from the Bottom of a Well

　　There is a frog. He lives in a well and he never goes out of the well. He thinks the sky is as big as the mouth of the well.

　　One day a crow comes to the well. He sees the frog and says, "Frog, let's have a talk." Then the frog asks, "Where are you from?" "I fly from the sky," the crow says. The frog feels surprised and says, "The sky is only as big as the mouth of the well. How do you fly from the sky?"

　　The crow says, "The sky is very big. You always stay in the well, so you don't know the world is big."

　　The frog says, "I don't believe." But the crow says, "You can come out and have a look by yourself."

　　So the frog comes out from the well. He is very surprised. How big the world is!