一孔之见

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。

1 cast

vt./vi.(cast,cast)投掷；投射；抛

参考例句：

You can cast your vote at the local polling station.你可以在当地的投票站投票。

He cast off fear and decided to make a try.他去掉害怕心理，决定试一试。

2 mesh

n.网孔，网丝，陷阱；vt.以网捕捉，啮合，匹配；vi.适合； [计算机]网络

参考例句：

Their characters just don't mesh.他们的性格就是合不来。

This is the net having half inch mesh.这是有半英寸网眼的网。

3 thereafter

adv.此后，以后

参考例句：

Thereafter they did not speak.此后他们就不再讲话了。

On the opening day all tickets are a dollar, thereafter,they'll be two dollars.开张那天票价一元，以后两元。