英語寓言故事【推薦】
在日常學習、工作抑或是生活中，大家都接觸過很多優秀的寓言故事吧，精彩的故事是寓言成功的開始，寓言的篇幅短小，其目的是寓事說理。通過講述故事來達到說理的最終目的，故事情節設置的好壞關系到寓言的未來。還苦于找不到優秀的寓言故事？下面是小編為大家收集的英語寓言故事，歡迎閱讀，希望大家能夠喜歡。
英語寓言故事1
Once upon a time, a worker who was very poor found some work as a fisherman's helper. He was paid a few fish a day, and this kept him and his wife alive, though barely（勉強）. One day the worker caught an especially pretty little fish. As he turned it over in his hands, he thought, "Why, what a marvelous（不可思議的'） fish this is!" Suddenly the fish spoke to him, in a human voice.
"See here, brother man! Just moments ago I was playing with my friends, and I got caught in your net. Now here I am in your hands, suffering and probably dying! My parents and my playmates must be searching for me and worrying terribly about me." Now the fish was gasping.（喘息）
"Please have pity on me. Throw me back into the water!"
The worker gazed at （凝視）the marvelous talking fish. Could it be true? Was it possible that a fish lives a life filled with joys and sorrows, also?
He quickly threw the fish back into the water. "All right, my pretty little fish, go along and play again -- I don't want your parents and friends to worry any more about you!"
When the worker's boss, the fisherman, saw this, he became very angry.
"You fool!" he shouted angrily to the worker. "I hired you to catch fish, not to throw them back into the water! You're a worthless fool! Begone(走開!滾蛋!) with you -- I don't ever want to see you again!"
And the poor worker walked sadly home. "What shall I tell my wife?" he wailed(悲嘆), much afraid of what would happen to them without his job.
He was walking along the road deep in his unhappy thoughts, when suddenly he saw a Monster (怪物)in human shape coming toward him. The Monster was driving a very fine cow before him.
"Good day, brother," said the Monster. "Why do you seem so sad?"
The worker told him his story.
"See here, my friend," said the Monster. "I'm going to do you a favor. Do you see this cow? I'll let you keep her for three years. She'll give you plenty of good milk every day, and you and your wife will never go hungry. But listen carefully to this condition: When three years have passed, I will come and ask certain questions of you. If you answer them correctly, the cow will be yours. But if you don't, then I'll take both of you along with the cow, and do whatever I want with you. So -- do you accept?"
The worker thought, "I suppose it's better to take the cow now than to go hungry. At least we'll be able to sell the milk and live for three years, and then we'll see what happens. Maybe we'll be lucky enough to answer those questions." So he accepted the terms, took the cow and went home relieved(得到安慰的) and happy.
Indeed, the cow gave plenty of good milk, enough for the worker and his wife to drink and to sell, and in this way, provide the necessities of life.
In the evenings, the worker and his wife would often sit together at their door, thinking about the Monster. They tried to imagine what the answers might be. But as they had no clue(線索) what sort of questions the Monster would ask, they would always end their talks with a sigh(嘆息) and go to bed with troubled hearts. Day by day, the end of the three years grew closer and closer.
One evening, a handsome youth came up to them.
"Good evening!" he said. "I am so tired, and it is getting dark. If you please,英語作文：婚姻保鮮的秘密是什么？, may I spend the night under your roof?"
"Of course you may, only tonight you must know that something terrible is going to happen to us! Three years ago, we took a cow from a Monster. He told us we could keep the cow for three years, but at the end of that time he could come and ask us some questions. If we answer those questions correctly, then the cow will be ours to keep, but if we can't then we will become the Monster's prisoners forever. So if you stay with us tonight, be careful that no harm comes to you!"
"I see," said the youth. "Well, if it is all right with you,城市生活的利與弊(The pros and cons of city life), I'd just as soon stay the night." And so he did.
Exactly at midnight, a loud knock was heard at the door.
"Who's there?"
"It is I, the Monster! Three years have passed. The time has come to answer my questions!"
"We'll never be able to answer them!" wailed the poor worker and his wife, clutching(緊握) at each other's shoulders.
Suddenly, the youth stepped toward the door. He said to them, "Don't worry, I'll answer for you."
"I'm here, waiting!" growled the Monster outside.
"And I'm here also," calmly answered the youth behind the door.
"Very well, then," said the monster. "Where are you from?"
"I'm from the other side of the sea."
"How did you get here?"
"Riding a lame flea(跳蚤)!"
"Then the sea must have been very small?"
"Not at all. Even an eagle couldn't fly across it!"
"Then that eagle must have been a fledgling(剛學飛的幼鳥)?"
"Not at all. The shadow of his wings would cover a whole city!"
"Then the city must have been very small?"
"Not at all. A hare couldn't run from one end of it to the other."
The Monster was speechless. It didn't know what other questions to ask. He stood there silently at the door for some time, then disappeared into the darkness.
The poor worker and his wife were overjoyed. They and the youth celebrated(慶祝) until dawn.
When dawn was breaking, the youth said it was time for him to take his leave.
"Oh, no, we can't allow you to go!" cried the couple. "You saved our lives. Tell us what we can do to thank you." "You don't have to thank me," replied the youth. "I must be on my way." "At least tell us who you are!" begged the worker.
"If you must know," said the youth, "A kindness is never lost, even if you throw it into the water. I am that little talking fish that you threw back into the sea!"
Having said these words, he disappeared.
英語寓言故事2
In a primeval forest, a boa constrictor and a leopard at the same time stare at an antelope. The leopard looks at the python, the boa constrictor looks at the leopard, each takes the abacus".
The leopard thought, "if I want to eat the antelope, I must destroy the python first.".
Python thought: "if I want to eat antelope, we must first destroy the leopard.".
So, almost at the same time, the leopard jumped on the python, and the python jumped on the leopard.
The leopard bit the Python's neck and thought, "if I don't bite, I'll be bitten by a python.".
The python wrapped around the leopard's body and thought, "if it doesn't work hard, I'll be killed by a leopard.".
So both sides fought desperately.
Finally, the antelope walked serenely, while the leopard and python fell to the ground.
The hunter saw this battle is very emotion, said: "if both pounce on prey, rather than toward each other, and then divide the food, both will not die; if both go together, to give up their prey, both will not die; if a party of two side away, toward the prey, both will not die if the seriousness of each other; two problems in consciousness, they are not dead. Their sorrow is to have the courtesy into a fight at outrance struggle."
The sorrow of life often comes from this.
英語寓言故事3
An old woman heard that the young lady living next door had lost her earrings2, and went to comfort her.
The lady said light heartedly "It doesn't matter that the earrings are lost, for as long as the ears exist, there is nothing to regret."
The puzzled old woman asked, "Isn't your earring1 made of jade3? It is costly4! So costly a thing is lost, don't you regret it?" to which she replied, "Ears are valuable, not because they are adorned5 with earrings but because they have the ability to hear. To ears, it does not add or decrease anything, whether earring exists or not."
一位老太太聽說鄰居的少婦丟了耳環,便去安慰她。
少婦不以為然地說:“耳環丟了不算什么,只要耳朵還在就沒什么可以遺憾的。”
老太太疑惑地問:“你的.耳環不是玉石做的嗎?那東西很值錢的呀。這么值錢的東西丟了,你不感到可惜嗎?”少婦回答說:“耳朵之所以寶貴,是因為它能聽聲音,而不是因為佩戴了值錢的耳環。耳環的存亡對于耳朵來說,并沒有增加或者減少什么。”
英語寓言故事4
A wild ass1 saw a pack-ass jogging along under a heavy load, and taunted2 him with the condition of slavery in which he lived, in these words: "What a vile3 lot is yours compared with mine! I am free as the air, and never do a stoke of work; and, as for fodder4, I have only to go to the hills and there I find far more than enough for my needs. But you! You depend on your master for food, and he makes you carry heavy loads every day and beats you unmercifully." At that moment a lion appeared on the scene, and made no attempt to molest5 the pack-ass owing to the presence of the driver, but he fell upon the wild ass, who had no one to protect him, and without more ado made a meal of him.
It is no use being your own master unless you can stand up for yourself.
一頭野驢看到一頭家驢背負這沉重的貨物一路小跑，便譏諷他過著奴隸般的生活：“和我相比，你過得多么卑微呀!我自由自在地享受著大自然，從不下苦力，說道食物，我只需要跑到山上去，就能發現大量吃的東西。再看看你!只能依靠主人施舍吃點，他不僅每天都讓你馱重物，還無情地鞭打你。”這時，一只獅子出現在他們的`視野中，由于驢夫的出現，獅子沒有騷擾家驢，直接撲向了沒有保護者的野驢，立即吃掉了野驢。
除非能照顧好自己，否則做自己的主人一點用也沒有。2.英語寓言故事及翻譯
One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth.
有一天,一只烏鴉站在窩旁的樹枝上嘴里叼著一片肉，心里非常高興。
At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat.
這時候，一只狐貍看見了烏鴉，饞得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。
However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent.
但是，無論狐貍說什么，烏鴉就是不理睬狐貍。
Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing.
最后，狐貍贊美烏鴉的嗓音美，并要求烏鴉唱幾句讓他欣賞欣賞。烏鴉聽了狐貍贊美的話，得意極了，就唱起歌來。
As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.
沒想到，肉一掉下來，狐貍就叼起肉，鉆回了洞。3.英語寓言故事及翻譯
An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer.
一頭牛和一只狗同時為一個農夫工作
One day the dog arrogantly says: “How grand I am! In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows; at night, I guard the house. But you…”
一天， 狗驕傲地說著;‘我是多么重要啊!白天我在牧場看護家群，晚上我看家。而你呢…..?”
“Me? How about me ?” the ox says
“我?我怎么啦?“ 牛反問。
“You can only plough or draw a cart,” the dog slightly says.
“你只會犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地說。
“Yes. It’s true,” the ox says. “But if I don’t plough, what do you guard?”
“是的。你說得沒有錯，”牛回答道。“但是如果沒有我犁地，你看護什么呢?” 4.英語寓言故事及翻譯
There were two pots on the bank of a river. One was made of brass, and the other was made of clay.
河中漂流著一個瓦鍋和一個銅鍋。
When the water rose they both floated off down the river. The earthen pot tried to stay away from the brass one.
每當潮漲潮落時，瓦鍋就盡量地遠離銅鍋。
So the brass pot cried out, "Fear nothing, friend, I will not hit you."
銅鍋大叫：“別害怕，朋友，我不會撞你的。”
"But I may come in contact with you," said the earthen pot. "If I come too close, whether I hit you or you hit me, I shall suffer for it."
“但是我有可能會和你接觸，”瓦鍋對銅鍋說，“如果我離你太近，無論是你碰到我，或者是我自己不小心碰到你，我都會碎的。”
After that the earthen pot floated away.
然后，瓦鍋就漂走了。5.英語寓言故事及翻譯
A wild boar was sharpening his tusks against a tree one day when a fox came by。
"What are you doing that for?" asked the fox 。 "There are no hunters around。 Everything looks very peaceful to me 。"
"Quite true，"said the boar，"but when the hunter does e with his dogs I shall be too busy running away to have time for this 。 So let me sharpen my tusks while I can。"
Be prepared 。
野豬和狐貍
有一天，野豬在樹上磨牙齒，狐貍走過來。
"你為什么干這個呀？"狐貍問，"附近又沒有獵人，我覺得平安無事。"
"不錯，"野豬說，"可是，如果獵人真的帶著獵狗來了，我只能逃走，就沒工夫干這個了。趁我此刻能夠磨，就讓我磨磨牙齒吧。"
時刻準備著（有備無患）
英語寓言故事5
Making His Mark 刻舟求劍
A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isn't this a very foolish way to look for a sword?
楚國有個人坐船渡江時，他不小心把自己的一把寶劍掉落江中。他馬上掏出一把小刀，在寶劍落水的.船舷上刻上一個記號。船靠岸后，那楚人立即從船上刻記號的地方跳下水去撈取掉落的寶劍。他怎么找得到寶劍呢？船繼續行駛，而寶劍卻不會再移動。像他這樣去找劍，真是太愚蠢可笑了。
英語寓言故事6
Donny is my little brother. He is a naughty boy.
On Sunday morning Donny went into the yard and played with a dog. Sometimes a bird would come down to stay on the top's of the dog's house. Then Donny threw a stone at it.
Suddenly the little boy began crying. Mother ran to Donny and asked him what was wrong.
He said, "I've broken sister's plate. She has beaten me." "Why?" "I threw it at a bird, and it went straight to the plate."
Such was my naught brother.
中文：
東尼是我的小弟弟，他是個調皮的孩子。
星期天早晨，東尼跑到院子里跟小狗玩。恰巧，一只小鳥落在狗舍上，東尼就用石頭砸它。
突然，這個小男孩哭了起來。媽媽跑過去問出了什么事。
他哭著說："我姐姐盤子摔碎了，她打了我!""為什么?""我拿石頭砸一只小鳥，但是卻打碎了姐姐的盤子。"
哎，這是我淘氣的.弟弟。
英語寓言故事7
In the past a family in the State of Chu made sacrificial offers to their ancestors, and after that they rewarded the people who helped in the ceremony with the pot of wine used in it.
There were many helpers but only one pot of wine. Who
should drink it? Someone suggested: "Each person is to draw a snake on the ground. Whoever draws fastest and most lifelike will get the pot of wine." Everyone thought this was a good idea. One man drew very fast, finished it in the twinkling of an eye, and was given the pot of wine. At this moment, he saw that the others had not yet finished, so he wanted to flaunt his skill once more. He said proudly: "How slow you are! Let me add a few snake feet." Holding the wine pot in his left hand, he began to add feet to the finished snake with his right hand. When he was just adding feet to the snake, another man finished his drawing. Hegrabbed the wine pot at once, saying: "A snake has no feet. How could you add feet to it? The first one who finished drawing a snake is I, not you." Having said this, the man drank the wine with an easy conscience.
從前，楚國有一戶人家，祭完祖宗以后，把一壺祭祀時用過的酒，賞給幫助辦事的人喝。
辦事的人很多，可是酒只有一壺，到底給誰喝呢?有人提議說：“各人都在地上畫一條蛇，誰畫得快、畫得像，就把這壺酒給誰喝。”
大家都認為這個辦法很好。
有一個人畫得很快，一轉眼，就把蛇畫好了。這壺酒應該歸他。可是，這時候，他看看別人都沒有畫好，就想再炫耀一下自己的`能耐。他得意洋洋地說：“你們畫得多慢啊，讓我再畫上幾只蛇腳吧!”
他左手拿著酒壺，右手又開始給畫好了的蛇添上腳。當他正在添足的時候，另一個人卻把蛇畫好了，而且立刻把酒壺奪了過去，說：“蛇是沒有腳的，你怎么畫上了腳?第一個畫好蛇的是我，不是你哩!” 那人說完話，就心安理得地喝起酒來。
英語寓言故事8
原文：
A Fox, just at the time of the vintage, stole into a vine-yard where the ripe sunny Grapes were trellised up on high in most tempting show. He made many a spring and a jump after the luscious prize, but, failing in all his attempts, he muttered as he retreated："Well what does it matter! The Grapes are sour!"
譯文：
正當葡萄熟了的時候，一只狐貍偷偷地溜進了葡萄園。葡萄架上高高地掛著亮晶晶的、熟透了的.葡萄，顯得十分誘人。他跳了好幾跳，蹦了好幾蹦，想吃到這甘美的葡萄，但是他的企圖全落空了，走開的時候，他自言自語說："得了！這有什么！這葡萄是酸的。"
詞匯：
trellised up 用棚架支撐著
in most tempting show 最誘人的樣子
英語寓言故事9
The Literary Astronomer故事
THE Director of an Observatory, who, with a thirty-six-inch refractor, had discovered the moon, hastened to an Editor, with a four-column account of the event.
"How much?" said the Editor, sententiously, without looking up from s essay on the circularity of the political horizon.
"One hundred and sixty dollars," replied the man who had discovered the moon.
"Not half enough," was the Editor's comment.
"Generous man!" cried the Astronomer, glowing with warm and elevated sentiments, "pay me, then, what you will."
"Great and good friend," said the Editor, blandly, looking up from his work, "we are far asunder, it seems. The paying is to be done by you."
The Director of the Observatory gathered up the manuscript and went away, explaining that it needed correction; he had neglected to dotan m.
英語寓言故事10
Hercules and the waggoner
A waggoner was once driving a heavy load on a very muddy road.
Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse could not pull them out.
The waggoner threw down his whip. He knelt down and prayed to Hercules. "Hercules, help me,please," he said.
But Hercules appeared to him, and said, "Man, don't kneel there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel."
大力神與車夫
●一名車夫趕著貨車沿著一條非常泥濘的小路前行。
●突然,馬車的輪子陷入了泥潭,馬無法將它們拉出來。
●車夫扔下鞭子,跪在地上,祈求大力神出現,“大力神啊,請來幫助我。”他說。
●大力神出現了,卻說:“朋友,用你的.肩膀把車輪扛起來,再驅趕馬拉車出來。跪在那里祈求我有什么用呢?”
寓意: 當我們遇到困難時,不能只期望得到別人的幫助,而應該首先依靠自己的力量。
英語寓言故事11
Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying： “If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness.” The Lion laughed and let him go.
It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar,came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free,
exclaimed： “You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any
repayment of your favour； but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.” 獅和鼠
一只老鼠從一只獅子面前跑過去，將它從夢中吵醒。
獅子生氣地跳起來，捉住老鼠，要弄死它。老鼠哀求說：「只要你肯饒恕我這條小生命，我將來一定會報答你的大恩。」獅子便笑著放了它。
后來獅子被幾個獵人捉住，用粗繩捆綁倒在地上。老鼠聽出是獅子的吼聲，走來用牙齒咬斷繩索，釋放了它，并大聲說：「你當時嘲笑我想幫你的忙，而且也不指望我有什么機會報答。但是你現在知道了，就算是小老鼠，也能向獅子效勞的。」
The Bat and the Weaselsa
Bat falling upon the ground was caught by a Weasel, ofwhom he earnestly besought his life. The Weasel
refused,saying, that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. TheBat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, andthus saved his life.
Shortly afterwards the Bat again fellon the ground, and was carght by another Weasel, whom helikewise
entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that hehad a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him thathe was
not a mouse, but a bat; and thus a second timeescaped.It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
蝙蝠和鼠狼
一只蝙蝠墜落到地面上來，被一只鼠狼捉住了，蝙蝠哀求討饒。鼠狼不答應，說它自己最愛和鳥類為敵。蝙蝠便證明它自己不是鳥，只是一只老鼠，因此鼠狼就放了它。
不久這只蝙蝠又墜落到地上來，被另一只鼠狼捉住，它同樣地哀求討饒。那鼠狼說它自己最恨老鼠，蝙蝠證明自己并不是老鼠，而是一只蝙蝠；因此，它第二次又安然地逃離危險了。隨機應變乃聰明之舉。
The miser and his gold Once upon a time there was a miser. He hid his gold under a tree. Every week he used to dig it up.
One night a robber stole all the gold. When the miser came again, he found nothing but an empty hole.
He was surprised, and then burst into tears.All the neighbors gathered around him.
He told them how he used to come and visit his gold. "Did you ever take any of it out?" asked one of them. "No," he said, "I only came to look at it." "Then come again and look at the hole," said the neighbor, "it will be the same as looking at the gold."
守財奴
從前，有個守財奴將他的`金塊埋到一棵樹下，每周他都去把他挖出來看看。
一天晚上，一個小偷挖走了所有的金塊。 守財奴再來查看時，發現除了一個空洞什么都沒有了。
守財奴便捶胸痛哭。哭聲引來了鄰居
他告訴他們這里原來有他的金塊。
問明了原因后，一個鄰居問：“你使用過這些金塊嗎？” “沒用過，” 他說，“我只是時常來看看。”“那么，以后再來看這個洞，”鄰居說，“就像以前有金塊時一樣。”
英語寓言故事12
The Father and His Son
Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.
He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then
addressed them in these words: "My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."
父親和孩子們
一位父親有幾個孩子，這些孩子時常發生口角。他絲毫沒有辦法來勸阻他們，只好讓他們看看不合群所帶來害處的例子。為了達到這個目的，有一天他叫他們替他拿一捆細柴來。當他們把柴帶來時，他便先后地將那捆柴放在每一個孩子的手中，吩咐他們弄斷這捆柴。他們一個個盡力去試，總是不能成功。
然后他解開那捆柴，一根根地放在他們手里，如此一來，他們便毫不費力地折斷了。于是他就告訴他們說：「孩子們！如果你們大家團結一致，互相幫助，你們就像這捆柴一樣，不能被你們的敵人折斷；但如果你們自行，你們就將和這些散柴一般，不堪一折了。」
Story 1 Three Good Friends
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
故事一 三個好朋友
一天，一只猴子在河邊騎車。這時他看見樹下有一只獅子，獅子向他跑來。他非常的害怕，掉進河里。他不會游泳，大叫起來。兔子聽見了，跳進水里，但他卻沒有辦法救猴子。幸運的是，一只大象過來了。大象非常強壯，救出了兔子和猴子。他們來到大象的家，在那里吃了一頓大餐。從此他們成了好朋友。
三.英語寓言小故事：三個好朋友 Story 1 Three Good Friends
One day, a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey, but he can’t help him. Luckily, an elephant comes along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then, three of them become good friends.
故事一 三個好朋友
一天，一只猴子在河邊騎車。這時他看見樹下有一只獅子，獅子向他跑來。他非常的害怕，掉進河里。他不會游泳，大叫起來。兔子聽見了，跳進水里，但他卻沒有辦法救猴子。幸運的是，一只大象過來了。大象非常強壯，救出了兔子和猴子。他們來到大象的家，在那里吃了一頓大餐。從此他們成了好朋友。
四.寓言故事：人與賽特 A Man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance, sat down together to eat. The day being wintry and cold, the Man put his fingers to his mouse and blew opon them. "What's that for, my friend?" asked the Satyr. " My hands are so cold," said the Man, "I do it to warm them." In a little while some hot food was placed before them, and the Man, raising the dish to his mouse, again blew opon it. "And what's the meaning of that, now?" said the Satyr. "Oh," replied the Man, "my porridge is so hot, I do it to cool it." "Nay, then," said the Satyr, "from this moment I renounce your friendship, for I will have nothing to do with one who blows hot and cold with the same mouse."
一個人與賽特偶然相識，坐在一起吃東西。正值冬季，天氣很冷，那人把手放在嘴邊哈氣。賽特問道“我的朋友，那是干嗎？”這人說“我的手太冷了，這是為了取暖”。過了一會兒，熱騰騰的'食物端上來了，那人把碟子舉到嘴邊又吹了起來，賽特問“這又是干嗎？”，那人說“哦，我的粥太燙了，我把他吹涼些”。賽特說“從現在起，我要與你絕交，因為我不想和一個反復無常的人做朋友”。
五.寓言故事：狼和小羊 The Wolf and the Lamba
Wolf, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea, which should justify to the Lamb himself his right to eat him. He thus addressed him:"Sirrah, last year you grossly
insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf, "You feed in my pasture."
"No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother′s milk is both food and drink to me." On which the Wolf seized him, and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won′t remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations."The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
狼和小羊
一只狼瞧見一只迷路失群的小羊，決定暫緩下毒手，想先找一些理由，對小羊證明自己有吃它的權利。它就說：「小鬼！你去年曾經罵過我。」小羊可憐地說：「老實說，我去年還沒有出生呢。」狼再說：「你在我的草地上吃過草。」
小羊回答說：「不，好先生，我還未曾嘗過草的味道呢。」狼又說：「你喝過我井里的水。」小羊叫道：「不，我從沒有喝過水，因為直到今天為止，我都是吃著母親的奶汁。」狼一聽這話，便抓住它，把它吃下去，便說：「好！即使你駁倒我每一句話，我終究要吃晚餐的！」暴君總有他暴行的借口。
英語寓言故事13
A man was going to the house of some rich person。 As he went along the road，he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road。 He said，"I do not want to eat those apples；for the rich man will give me much food；
he will give me very nice food to eat。" Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust。
He went on and came to a river。 The river had become very big；so he could not go over it。 He waited for some time；then he said，"I cannot go to the rich mans house today，for I cannot get over the river。"
He began to go home。 He had eaten no food that day。 He began to want food。 He came to the apples，and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them。
Do not throw good things away；you may be glad to have them at some other time。
英語寓言故事14
寓言故事英語小短文1：The Man Selling the Idol
A man carves an idol and takes it to the fair. No one buys it, so he begins to shout in order to canvass the customer.
He says that this idol can bring in wealth and good luck. One man says to the seller, "Hello, My friend, if this is so, you should have the advantages that the idol can bring, why do you want to sell it?" The seller says, "What I want is that I can get cash in at once. The profit from the idol is so slow."
This story means: God will never respect people who make a profit by hook or crook.
寓言故事英語小短文2:The Blind Man and the Little Animal
A blind man is good at touching all the things.
No matter whatever the thing is he can distinguish it as soon as he touches it
A man brings a young wolf and lets him touch it.
Having touched the animal, he says, "This is a fox or a wolf, I am not sure. But I know that putting this kind of animal into the sheep pen is not safe"
The story means: we can know someone's bad habits from when he is young.
寓言故事英語小短文3:The old man who did no wrong
In the countryside, there is a cottage with a thatched roof. There is a shock's nest on the eaves. The wall slopes and there are flowers in the window. They have a pot-bellied stove. In this cottage live an old couple -- a peasant and his wife. Even though they are poor, they are not attached to their few possessions. They have a horse.
One day, the old woman says: "Husband, today is the market day. You ride the horse, sell it or exchange it for something else…you will never do anything wrong." The sun is blazing hot. There are no clouds in the sky. The road is dusty. What's more, there is no where to shelter. Just then, a man approaches with a cow.
The cow is healthy and better than others. "It is sure to make the best milk!" the peasant thinks. "It would be a good buy for me to exchange the cow for the horse…" "Hello, friend." he says. "I think that the hose is worth more than the cow, but I don't mind. The cow is more useful to me. Will you trade with me?" "Certainly, I will." The man who is leading the cow says. So they trade. The peasant could have gone home because he had done what he wanted to do. But since he was on his way to the market, he resolves to go and have a look. Therefore, he continues up the road with the cow. In no time, he catches up with a man who is leading a sheep which is nice and fat with good wool. "
I want this very much, the peasant thinks in his heart, it can eat the grass beside the ditch. In winter, it can stay with me in the house. Maybe a sheep is better than a cowl.
Then the peasant trades the sheep for the cow. After this, he leads the sheep onward. On the road, he see a man with a big goose under his arm near a fence. " The peasant says: "You have such a big goose! It's feathers are thick and it is fat. If I tie it and put it in the little pond, it is good. My wife can feed it, fruit peels and cabbages. She has often said ‘I want to have a goose. Now she may realize her dream.'" The man agrees. So they trade.
The peasant now owns a goose. He walks into the town. There so many people on the road. The people and the animals are like rabbits in a warren. The peasant comes to a ditch next to the fence of the taxman's potato field. A hen is tied in the field. Seeing this, the peasant thinks: "
This hen is the best one which I have seen. It is better than the priest's hen. On my! I want this one. A hen can find grain and fend for itself. It will be a good buy if I trade the hen with the goose."
"May we trade?" he says. "Trade?" The man says. "Oh, that's not bad." So they trade. The taxman gets the goose and the peasant owns the hen. He has done a lot of business on the way to the market. It is hot and he feels tired. He wants to eat and drink something. He walks toward a tavern. As he is going in, a seller is coming out. They meet at the gate. "What do you have in the sack?" The peasant asks. "
Mashed apples" the seller says. "a bag of apples to feed pigs" The peasant say: "There are so many. I wish my wife could see this. Last year, our apple tree just produced three apples. We stored them in the cupboard until it split out. It is a fortune. My wife said. Now, she may see quite a fortune.
Yes, I wish she could see this." "How much?" the seller asks. "How much? I want trade it with the hen. " So he gets a bag of mashed apples.
When he goes into the tavern to the bar, he put the apples near the stove. He does not realize that the fire is burning. There are so many people in the room, including the horseman, the dealer and two Englishmen who are very rich.
There is a sound: the fire is toasting the apples. "What are those?" Soon they know that the peasant traded the cow with a horse and continued to trade until he got a bag of mashed apples. "
Ah, when you go home, I am sure that your wife will hit you", the two Englishmen say, "She will quarrel with you." "She will give me a kiss and she will not hit me." the peasant says, "
my wife will say my husband is always correct." They say: "we can bet one hundred and eleven pounds!" The peasant says: "I can juts bet a bag of mashed apples.
What's more, I may add my wife and myself to the bet. I think that makes it fair." "Good, very good!" they say. So the bet is made. The master drives out his cart. The two Englishmen and the peasant with mashed apples get on it. After a while, they reached the peasants' house.
"Good evening, wife!"
"Good evening, husband!"
"I have traded."
"You know what you have done." the old woman says so she hugs him. So they forget all the guests and the apples.
"I traded a cow for the horse."
"Thank goodness, we have milk." the old woman says. "We have milk and cheese. That was a good deal."
"Yes, but I traded a sheep for the cow."
"Ah, that is better!" the old woman says, "That was considerate of you. We have enough grass to raise the sheep. Now I have white cheese and woolen socks. Yes, we have woolen night clothes. A cow will not produce so many things. Its hair will fall out. It is considerate of to do that."
"But I traded a goose for it!"
"My dear, we will have goose on St. Martin's festival. You always make me happy. It is a good idea. We may raise the goose which will be fat before the St. Martin's festival. "
"But I traded a hen for it." Her husband says.
"A hen?"
"That was a great deal!" the old woman says. "The hen will lay eggs which will hatch into chicks. We just need a broodof chicks."
"But I traded a bag of mashed apples for it."
"Now I can not help kissing you." the old woman says, "Thank you, my good husband! Now I will tell you something. As you know, after you left, I planned to cook for you. I remember that pancakes are your favorite food. But I have no caraway seed. So I borrow some from the school teacher. I knew that they had some. But the teacher's wife is so mean. I asked her to lend some to me. ‘Borrow?' she says to me. ‘We planted nothing in the vegetable garden besides a mashed apple. We can't lend you because I don't have any apples.' Now I can lend her ten mashed apples or a bag of mashed apples. Husband, this is so funny!" She kissed him after saying this.
"This is wonderful!" the two Englishmen say together, "Always he is always meetingmisfortune, he is happy. That is good fortune." Then they pay the peasant 111 pounds because he does not get hit but gets a kiss.
Yes, if an old woman thinks her husband is the cleverest man in the world and says what he does is right, she will gain!
英語寓言故事15
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country;the other mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse;he said,"Do come and see me at my house in the country."
So the City mouse went. The City mouse said,"This food is not good,and your house is not good. Why do you live in a hole in the field?You should come and live in the city. You would live in a nice house made of stone.
You would have nice food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city."
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was set ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise. The City mouse cried," Run!Run!The cat is coming!" They ran away quickly and hid.
After some time they came out. When they came out,the Country mouse said,"I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For it is nicer to be poor and happy,than to be rich and afraid."
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