葫芦落光之后

自从秀才种的葫芦落光之后，他后悔不已。他想：要是我当时听邻居的话，就不会有今天这样的结果了，或许今天，明天、后天，我的小葫芦就长得赛过了大南瓜呢！

Since the gourd planted by the scholar has gone, he regrets it. He thought: if I had listened to my neighbors, I would not have the result today. Maybe today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, my little gourd would have grown better than the big pumpkin!

于是，他决定再种一棵葫芦，发誓一定要好好的培养它！就这样，秀才又种了一棵葫芦，他天天给它浇水，施肥，一看见蚜虫就赶紧捉掉，生怕它一个不小心，又像上次一样死了。小葫芦在秀才的悉心照料下，很快就长大了。而且也正如秀才想像的那样，长得赛过了大南瓜了。

So he decided to plant another gourd and vowed to cultivate it well! In this way, the scholar planted another gourd. He watered and fertilized it every day. He caught the aphid as soon as he saw it. He was afraid that it would die again like last time. Little gourd grew up quickly under the careful care of the scholar. And just as the scholar imagined, he grew better than the big pumpkin.

秀才抚摸着自己精心培育出来的大葫芦，眼里流出了激动的泪花。

The scholar stroked the gourd carefully cultivated by himself, and tears flowed from his eyes.