In days of yore, state the Chinese classics, there lived a farmer, who was of a very impatient nature.
While working in his fields one day a sudden doubt came over him that his rice crops were not growing as fast as they should.
"Pil help them to grow faster," he said, "for the early crop will bring in better income than a late one. I shall then have enough money to pass over the rest of the season Without working."
With this he pulled up the sprouts several inches higher than they were before he came to the field.
Returning to his home tired and perspiring, he told his wife what he had done, boasting that he had spent the day in "helping the crops to grow." Afterwards he went to bed and dreamed of the huge income he was going to receive.
Early the next morning he was awakened by his wife who told him that the crops were drooping and dying. He rushed to the fields and lo! his "help" bad proved destruc
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