Translation of the ancient Chinese prose "Leaves are Invisible"

Chu people lived in poverty. After reading Huainan Fang, they learned that "mantis can hide its leaves by cicadas", so they picked the leaves from the tree: mantis held the leaves and waited for cicadas to pick them, and the leaves fell under the tree. There are fallen leaves under the tree first, and then they can't be distinguished. After sweeping a few leaves, they came back one by one and asked his wife, "Have you seen me?" The wife replied, "Goodbye." After this day, I was tired, and I said, "No." Ye secretly rejoiced, went into the market, took people across the street, and tied them up with officials in Yixian County. When the county magistrate was resigned, he told the whole story again, but the officials just laughed and walked away.

Translation:

There was a very poor man in Chu State. Only after reading Huainan Fang did I know that when mantis catches cicada, it covers itself with a leaf so that cicada can't see itself. So he stood on his back under the tree and picked leaves. When he saw the mantis climb on the leaves to detect cicadas, he took off the leaves. As a result, the leaves fell to the ground. There are many leaves under the tree, and he can no longer tell which one he wants to use to be invisible. So he swept back buckets of leaves and used them to cover himself bucket by bucket. He also asks his wife from time to time, "Can you see me?" My wife always says at the beginning, "I can see." I'm tired of being disturbed by him all day, and my husband is still pestering me. My wife simply coaxed him into saying, "I can't see." The man smiled and looked happy. He took this leaf and ran to the street, stealing things in front of others, and was caught by officials and sent to the county government. When the county magistrate asked him, he told the whole story truthfully. The magistrate laughed without punishment and let him go.