拔苗助长PulluptheSeedlingstoHelpThemGrowOnceuponatime,anoldfarmerplantedaplotofrice.Everydayhewenttothefieldtowatchtheseedlingsgrow.Hesawtheyoungshootsbreakthroughthesoilandgrowtallereachday.Butstill,hethoughttheyweregrowingtooslowly.Hegotimpatientwiththeyoungplants."Howcouldtheplantsgrowfaster?"Hetossedinbedduringthenightandcouldnotsleep.Suddenlyhehituponanidea.Hehadanideanotwaitfordaybreak.Hejumpedoutofthebedanddashedtothefield.Bythemoonlight,hebeganworkingonthericeseedlings.Onebyone,hepulleduptheyoungplantsbyhalfaninch.Whenhefinishedpulling,itwasalreadymorning.Straighteninghisback,hesaidtohimself,"Whatawonderfulidea!Look,howmuchtallertheplantshavegrownonenight!"Withgreatsatisfaction,hewentbackhome.Hetoldhissonwhathehaddoneinatriumphanttone.Hissonwasshocked.Nowthesunhadrisen.Theyoungmanwasheart-brokentoseeallthepulled-upyoungplantsdying.Peoplenowuse"BaMiaoZhuZhang"todescribethebehaviorofthosewhoaretooeagertogetsomethingdoneonlytomakeitworse.TheidiomisabitliketheEnglishproverb"Hastemakeswaste"------tospoilthingsbyexcessiveenthusiasm.从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得不耐烦，心想：“怎么样才能使稻苗长得高，长很快呢?想了又想，他终了想到一个“最佳方法”，就是将稻苗拨高几分。经过一番辛劳后，他满意地扛锄头回家休息。心想：明天稻苗长得一定更高了。隔天早晨.一早起身，他迫不及待地起去稻田看他的“成果”。哪知，他跑到稻田时，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。