There was a man in the state of Chu who was engaged in sacrificial activities. After the sacrifice, take out a pot of wine for the door people to drink.
When the door people saw that there was only one pot of wine, they agreed with each other, “this pot of wine is not enough for several people to drink together; if one person drinks it, there will be some surplus. We can draw snakes on the ground together. Whoever draws the snake first will drink the pot of wine. ”
So, we found branches and tiles and quickly drew them on the ground.
A man drew a snake first, and was about to drink it when he picked up the wine. He found that no one else had finished the painting, so he held the wine pot in one hand, and then drew again in the other hand. While drawing, he said triumphantly, “I can also add some feet to the snake! ”
Before he had finished drawing the snake’s feet, another man had finished drawing the snake. He grabbed the wine pot and said, “the snake has no feet. How can you draw feet for it? ”
After that, he raised his neck and gulped up the wine. The man who added feet to the snake stood beside him, looking blankly at the loss of a chance to drink.
楚国有个人搞祭祀活动。祭祀完了以后，取出一壶酒来赏给门人们喝。
门人们见只有一壶酒，就互相约定说：”这壶酒几个人一起喝，肯定不够喝；如果一个人喝，才会有点剩余。我们可以一起在地上画蛇，谁先把蛇画好，这壶酒就归谁喝。”
于是，大家找来树枝和瓦片，飞快地在地上画了起来。
有个人先画好了蛇，端起酒来正准备喝，发现别人都还没有画好，就一手端着酒壶，一手又接着画，并且一边画一边得意洋洋地说：”我还可以给蛇添几只脚呢！”
还没等他把蛇的脚画好，另一个人已把蛇画好了，他夺过酒壶说：”蛇本来没有脚，你怎么能给它画脚呢？”
说罢，他仰起脖子，”咕嘟咕嘟”地把酒喝光了。那个给蛇添脚的人愣愣地站在旁边，眼巴巴地看着失去了一次喝酒的机会。
