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.

　　古時(shí)候，有個(gè)捕鳥的人，喜歡張網(wǎng)捕鳥。

　　一天，他看見鳥兒將要從這里飛過，于是立刻布下了羅網(wǎng)，耐心地等待。

　　一會(huì)兒，鳥兒果然飛來(lái)了，一下子就被他捕獲了。

　　捕鳥人收網(wǎng)一看，發(fā)現(xiàn)鳥被縛在一只網(wǎng)眼里。他想，原來(lái)只要一個(gè)網(wǎng)眼就行了。于是，他就專門制作了一張只有一個(gè)眼孔的網(wǎng)，再拿到原處張起網(wǎng)來(lái)，興致勃勃地等待著。

　　然而，從此以后，他再也沒有捕到過一只鳥。