從前，有個農夫正在地裡耕作，突然看見一隻免子飛奔而過，撞在一棵大樹上死了。農夫毫不費力就吃到了兔肉，心裡非常高興。他想，“如果總是這樣該多好啊！"于是，不再耕作，每天守候在那棵樹旁，等待着能再撿到撞死在樹上的免子。他等呀等，等了一天又一天，田地也荒蕪了，卻再也沒有等到第二隻免子。人們因而都嘲笑他把偶然當成必然。

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Once upon a time, a farmer was working in his field when he saw a rabbit run by and hit a big tree and died. The farmer had no difficulty in eating the rabbit and was very happy. He thought, " If only it were always like this! " so he stopped farming and waited by the tree every day, waiting to pick up the rabbit that had killed it. He waited and waited, day after day, and the fields were deserted, but he never waited for the second rabbit. People laughed at him for taking accident as necessity.