英文寓言故事

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TheFrogintheShallowWell（井底之蛙）

Haveyouheardofthefrogthatlivedinashallowwell?ItsaidtoaturtlethatlivedintheEastSea,

"Iamsohappy!WhenIgoout,

comehome,pintothewater,itcomesup

kinthemud,roundat

thewrigglyworms,crabsandtadpoles,dofthis

troughofwaterandIstanduptallinthisshallowwell.I’sir,whydon"tyou

comeoverandlookaroundmyplace?"

BeforetheturtlefromtheEastSeacouldgetitsleftfootinthewell,

tletoldthefrogabouttheEastSea.

"Evenadistanceofathousandlicannotgiveyouanideaofthea"swidth;evenaheightofa

imeofKingYuoftheXiadynasty,there

werefloodsnineyearsoutoften,imeofKing

TangoftheShangdynastythereweredroughtsvenyearsoutofeight,butthewatersinthea

doesnotchangewiththepassageoftimeanditsleveldoesnotrior

atesthappinessistoliveintheEastSea."

Afterlisteningtothewords,thefrogoftheshallowwellwasshockedintorealizationofhisown

insignificanceandbecameveryillatea.

TheSickLion（生病的獅子）

elplessunderatree.

eysawthathewasgoingtodie,theythoughtto

themlves,"Nowisthetimetopayhimback."

Sotheboarcameupandrushedathimwithhistusks.

nstilllayhelplessbeforethem.

edhistailtothelionandkickeduphisheelsintohisface.

"Thisisadoubledeath."growledthelion.

TheAssandHisPurchar(驢和買驢的人)

tothemarket,antedtotest

himfirst.

Sohetooktheasshome,asslooked

around,andimmediatelywenttochooaplacenexttothelaziestassinthestable.

Whenthemansawthisheputahalterontheassatonce,andgavehimbacktohisowner.

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dtheman,"Whyareyoubacksosoon?Haveyou

testedhimalready?""Idon'twanttotesthimanymore,"repliedtheman,"Fromthecompanion

hechoforhimlf,Icouldewhatsortofanimalheis."

tothemarket,antedtotest

himfirst.

Sohetooktheasshome,asslooked

around,andimmediatelywenttochooaplacenexttothelaziestassinthestable.

Whenthemansawthisheputahalterontheassatonce,andgavehimbacktohisowner.

dtheman,"Whyareyoubacksosoon?Haveyou

testedhimalready?""Idon'twanttotesthimanymore,"repliedtheman,"Fromthecompanion

hechoforhimlf,Icouldewhatsortofanimalheis."

TheCrowandtheFox（狐貍和烏鴉）

Afoxwasrunningafteracrowbecautherewasapieceofmeat

rowstoppedinatreeandwasgoingtoenjoy

hismeal,thecunningfoxyelled,“HaveItoldyouthatyourfeather

arebeautiful?nder

voiceisasbeautifulasyour

feathers,singa

songforme?Idohopeyoucouldbecomethekingofbirds.”

Flatteredbythefox,thecrowfeltproudandwantedtoprove

,hestartedtosing.

However,justwhenheopenedhismouth,

foxwentuptoeatitandsaid,“Ifyouknowhowtothink,youwould

bethekingofbirds.”

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TheMiceandtheCat（老鼠開會）

Manymicelivedinafarmer'olegrainsandbrokeinto

mercouldn'tstanditanylonger,soheboughtabig

wasgoodathunting;hecaughtmanymice.

Themicewerescaredtodeath,sotheyheldameetingtocomeupwith

aplan.

Onemousaid,"Wecanhangabellaroundthecat'

hearthebell,weknowthatthecatisnearandwecanhideourlvesin

advance."

Afterhefinished,allthemicethoughtitwasthebestidea.

Thus,theydecidedtodothisplan.

Attheendofthemeeting,anothermouasked,"Butwhoisgoingto

hangthebell?"

Onhearingthis,allthemicestartedtofindtheirownexcu.

Somesaidtheyweretimid,andotherssaidtheywouldratherdie.

Intheend,theplandidn'tworkoutbecaunoonewoulddoit.

TheWolfAndTheLion（驕傲的狼）

Asalionwasbiggerandstrongerthanawolf,heoftensnatchedthewolf',thewolf

alwaysthought,"IfIcouldbestrongerthanhim,Icouldfightagainsthim."

Oneday,ly,hefoundhisown

shadowwaslongandbig.

Hethoughthehadbecomestrong,sohehappilysaid,"eme

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strongerthanthelion."So,hewenttothelionandyelled,"',I'm

strongerthanyou.I'mnotafraidofyouanymore."

Thelionwalkedoutandsawthewolfchallenginghim.

Thus,dabigfightandthewolfwas

totallybeatenandranawayquickly.

TheGreedyDog（貪心的狗）

Oneday,adogfoundabone,sohehappilytookithome.

Onhiswayhome,hewalkedonabridge.

Ashelookeddownattheriver,hesawhisreflectioninthewater.

Hedidn’ghtthatwasanotherdogwithabigger

bone.

Helookedatthedog,andthedoglookedathim,too.

Thedogthought,“dbegreatifI

couldgethisbone.”Thus,hestartedtobarkatthedoginthewater.

However,justwhenheopenedhismouth,

that,jumpingandbarking,butitwastoolate.

TheFarmerAndTheEagle（農夫和老鷹）

aglewasingreatpain,the

aglewassaved,hewasgratefultothefarmer.

Oneday,r,

hedidn'tknowthatthewallwasgoingtofalldown.

Theeaglefoundthefarmerwasindanger,sohetookawayhisheaddressandflew

ackhisheaddress,ledroppedthe

headdresswhenhesawthefarmerwasawayfromthewall.

Asthefarmerwaspickinguphisheaddress,turned

around,time,herealizedtheeaglecametosavehislife.

TheGoatandtheDonkey（羊和驢）

onkeyoftencarriedheavythings,hismaster

alwaysfedhimbetterfood.

Thegoatwasjealousofthedonkey,sohewantedtothimup.

Oneday,hetoldthedonkey,"Oh,tereitherwantsyouto

'tevenhavetimeto

takearest."

"Iknow,butwhatcanIdo?"Thedonkeysaid.

"'tyoufaintandfalloveronpurpo?Then,youcouldtake

arest."

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Thus,thedonkeypretendedtofaintandfallintoaholeandgothurt.

Whenhismasterntforavet,thevettoldthemaster,"Ifyouwanthimtogetwell

soon,youhavetofeedhimagoat'slung."Onhearingthis,tocurethedonkey,themaster

killedthegoatrightaway.

TheDeerAndTheHunter（鹿和葡萄樹）

Inaforest,ahunterwaschasingadeerandalmostshothim.

Thedeerwasrunningforhislife,e

huntercameup,hecouldn'tfindthedeer."That'runinthisway,butIcan'tfindit

now,"uldn'tfindthedeer,heleftdisappointedly.

Seeingthehunterleave,thedeerthought,",I'm

kindofhungry."Then,hedeerwassohungry,

heatetheleavesrightaway.

However,terheardthesoundbecauhe

hadn',edeerwasdying,

heregretfullysaid,"eavessavedmylifeandIshouldn'teatthem."

TheFoxwithoutATail（斷尾的狐貍）

efinallygotoutofit,histailwascutoff.

Whenhewentbacktotheforest,hisfriendssawhimandsaid,“Look!Whataweird

n’thaveatail.”Onhearingthis,thefoxfeltashamed.

Suddenly,,“Infact,that’!

Withoutalongandheavytail,it’asierformetohuntforfood.”

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foxstoppedthemandsaid,“Don’’

,wearenotthatstupid.”

狐貍和烏鴉

TheFoxandCrow

aproblem.

狐貍先生有一個問題。

Heisveryhungry,

他非常餓，

buthedoesn’thaveanyfood.

可是他沒有食物。

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“Thereisnofoodinthefridge.

“冰箱里沒有食物。

flyinginthesky.

烏鴉女士在天空中飛翔。

Sheishungry.

她很餓。

Itistimeforbreakfast.

現在是吃早飯的時間。

Shelandsinabigtree.

她停在一棵大樹上。

Sheessomemice.

她看見一些老鼠。

Theyarewalkingonthegrass.

他們走在草地上。

Themicearegoingonapicnic.

這些老鼠要去野餐。

Theyhavealotoffood.

它們有許多食物

Onemoudropsomechee,

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一只老鼠掉了一些奶酪，

buthedoesn’tnoticeit.

但是他沒有注意到。

Themicedon’tstop.

老鼠沒有停止前進。

esthechee.

烏鴉女士看見了奶酪。

Shefliesdownandtakesthechee.

她飛下去叼走了奶酪。

Then,shefliesuptothetreeagain.

然后，她又飛到了樹上。

“Thischeesmellsverytasty.

“這塊奶酪聞上去很可口。

ButIcan’teatit.

可是我不能吃它。

It’stoobig!”.

它太大了！”烏鴉女士想。

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狐貍先生看見了烏鴉女士。

Hestopunderthetree.

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他停在了樹下面。

“MayIhaveyourchee?”hesays.

“我能不能要你的奶酪？”他問。

akesherhead.

烏鴉女士搖搖頭。

Someofherblackfeathersfall.

她的一些羽毛掉了下來。

anidea.

狐貍先生想了一個辦法。

“,you’aresopretty!

“烏鴉女士，你真漂亮！

Andyourvoiceissobeautiful.

你的喉嚨也很好聽。

Pleasingforme!”

請唱歌給我聽！”

veryproud.

烏鴉女士很驕傲。

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他同意狐貍先生說的話。

enshermouth.

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烏鴉女士張開了她的嘴。

’smouth.

奶酪掉進了狐貍先生的嘴里。

“Thankyou,.

“謝謝你，烏鴉女士。

I’mnothungrynow!”

我現在不餓了！”

ies.

烏鴉女士哭了。