Once upon a time, there was a bird-catcher who liked to cast¹ a net to catch birds.

 

One day, seeing that birds would fly past, he immediately cast his net and waited patiently.

 

After a while, a bird came as expected, and was caught by him at once.

 

The bird-catcher drew in the net and found that the bird had been caught in one mesh². He thought that, such being the case, one mesh would be enough. Therefore, he especially made a net with only one mesh, cast it in the same place and waited in high spirits.

 

However, he never caught another bird thereafter³.

 

古时候，有个捕鸟的人，喜欢张网捕鸟。

 

一天，他看见鸟儿将要从这里飞过，于是立刻布下了罗网，耐心地等待。

 

一会儿，鸟儿果然飞来了，一下子就被他捕获了。

 

捕鸟人收网一看，发现鸟被缚在一只网眼里。他想，原来只要一个网眼就行了。于是，他就专门制作了一张只有一个眼孔的网，再拿到原处张起网来，兴致勃勃地等待着。

 

然而，从此以后，他再也没有捕到过一只鸟。

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