英語寓言小故事（精選29篇）

　　寓言是文學作品的一種體裁,以比喻性的故事寄寓意味深長的道理。寓言早在我國春秋戰國時代就已經盛行。以下是小編為大家收集的英語寓言小故事，歡迎大家閱讀！

　　英語寓言小故事篇1

　　Long ago,there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealingfood.

　　One day the mice had a meetingto talk about the way to deal with their common enemy. Some said this,, andsome said that.

　　At last a young mouse gotup, and said that he had a good idea.

　　"We could tie a bellaround the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound ofthe bell, and run away."

　　Everyone approved of thisproposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well,but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, butnobody spoke.

　　從前，一所房子裡面有一隻大貓，他抓住了很多偷東西的老鼠。

　　一天，老鼠在一起開會商量如何對付他們奇特的敵人。會上大家各有各的主張，最後，一隻小老鼠站出來說他有一個好主意。

　　“咱們可能在貓的脖子上綁一個鈴鐺，那麼如果他來到附近，咱們聽到鈴聲就能夠立即逃跑。”

　　大家都同意這個倡導，這時一隻聰明的老耗子站出來說：“這確切是個絕妙的主意，然而誰來給貓的脖子上綁鈴鐺呢?”老鼠們面面相覷，誰也不談話。

　　寓意：有些事件說起來容易，做起來卻很難。

　　英語寓言小故事篇2

　　One day passed by Jackson Panshan Baoji market, customer and butcher overheard dialogue. The customer of the butcher said: "give me a pound of meat cut."

　　Listen to the butcher, butcher asked: "what a piece of meat is not good?"

　　The customer was shocked, while on the side of the mountain but understand a Baoji jackson.

　　We always felt that the present work is not ideal, there are many complaints, such as: "the environment is not good enough, the wage than other company employees to bottom, feel that their brand is relatively small, with a lot of disappointments." In fact, "a piece of meat which is not good?"

　　No matter what kind of company, what kind of work environment, how much you put into this job, how much you will get. The key is how you look at it.

　　盤山寶積禪師有一天路過市場時，偶然聽到顧客與屠夫的對話。顧客對屠夫說：“給我割一斤好肉。”

　　屠夫聽了，放下屠刀反問：“哪一塊不是好肉呢？”

　　顧客當時怔住，而在一旁的盤山寶積禪師卻領悟了。

　　我們總是感到，現在的工作不夠理想，有很多的抱怨，如：“工作的環境不夠好、開的工薪比其它公司的員工要底、覺得自己的公司品牌比較小等等，有著很多的不如意。”而實際上，“哪一塊肉是不好的呢？”

　　不論在什麼樣的公司裡，什麼樣的工作環境中，你對這份工作投入了多少你就會收穫多少。關鍵在於你如何看待。

　　英語寓言小故事篇3

　　The Bank of france. Now the young Sarto was unemployed and had fifty-one job rejection, when his fifty-second job rejection to go out, find a needle head of the bank on the doorstep, he bent down to pick it up.

　　The second day, he received a notification of the bank.

　　Originally, he squatted down to pick up the needle scene is just the banks chairman saw. The chairman believes that the bank engaged in work, are in need of such spirit of Rafael Sarto.

　　Maybe he is not a lucky million, but you can guarantee this luck will not come upon you? I believe the success of him, including the Bank of France and finally become the king. He is not only because of his good luck, but the key is that he fully prepared. It is not a temporary move his needle, and he should be good to follow up the details of an attitude. That is to say, if you know the details of the implementation details of the Rafael Sarto spirit you have found the details, dont you succeed?

　　法國銀行大王賈庫。拉非薩託年輕時一度失業，曾五十一次求職遭拒絕，當他第五十二次求職遭拒絕後走出去時，發現這家銀行門前的臺階上有一枚打頭針，就彎腰把它撿了起來。

　　第二天，他收到了這家銀行的錄用通知。

　　原來，他蹲下撿針的情景正好被銀行的懂事長看見了。懂事長認為，從事銀行工作的人，正需要有拉斐薩託的這種精神。

　　或許他是萬中無一的幸運兒，但你能保證這種幸運不會降臨在你的'身上嗎？我相信成功的他，包括：最後成為法國銀行大王。他不僅僅是因為他的好運，更關鍵的是，他做好了充分的準備。撿針不是他的一時之舉，而應該是他能夠很好跟進細節的一種態度。這也就是說如果你擁有發現細節、瞭解細節、執行細節的拉斐薩託精神，難道你不會成功嗎？

　　英語寓言小故事篇4

　　A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle . He ran home to tell his mother what had happened.

　　"I only touched it lightly," he said, "and the nasty thing stung me."

　　"It stung you because you only touched it lightly," his mother told him." Next time you touch a nettle grasp it as tightly as you can. Then it wont sting you at all."

　　Face danger boldly.

　　男孩和蕁麻

　　有個男孩子在地裡玩耍，被蕁麻刺痛了。他跑回家去，告訴媽媽出了什麼事。

　　"我可是輕輕地碰了它一下，"他說，"那厭惡的東西就把我刺痛了。"

　　"你只輕輕地碰了它一下，所以它才刺痛你，"媽媽對他說，"下一回你再碰到蕁麻，就儘量緊緊地抓住它。那它就根本不會刺痛你了。"

　　要敢於應對危險。

　　英語寓言小故事篇5

　　A man once bought a brilliantly-coloured parrot. Instead of locking it up in a cage or chaining it to a perch, he allowed it to fly free all over the house. The parrot was delighted at this and flapped from room to room, shrieking and screaming with happiness. At last he settled on the edge of a rich curtain.

　　"Who on earth are you ?" said a cross voice from below. "Stop that terrible noise at once."

　　The parrot saw a cat staring up at him from the carpet.

　　"I m a parrot. I ve just arrived and I m to make as much noise as I can," he said.

　　"Well, I ve lived here all my life," replied the cat ."I was born in this very house and I learned from my mother that it is best to keep quiet here."

　　"Keep quiet then, "said the parrot cheerfully. "I dont know what you do around here, but I know my job. My master bought me for my voice and Im going to make sure he hears it."

　　Different people are valued for different things.

　　從前，有人買了一隻毛色鮮豔的鸚鵡。他沒有把鸚鵡關在籠子裡，也沒有用鏈條把他拴在棲木上，而讓他在家裡自由自在地飛來飛去。鸚鵡對此十分高興，撲動翅膀，從一間屋子飛到另一間屋子，愉快地尖聲叫著，最終停在華麗的帷幔的邊上。

　　"你到底是誰？"從下頭傳來怒氣衝衝的說話聲，"立刻住嘴，別發出那難聽的聲音。"

　　鸚鵡看見地毯上有一隻貓抬頭看著他。

　　"我是鸚鵡。我剛到，我要使勁地吵吵。"他說。 "那你就一聲不響吧，"鸚鵡歡快地說，"我不明白你在這兒幹什麼，可我明白我的活兒。主人為了我的聲音才買我，我必須得讓他聽到。"

　　不一樣的人因有不一樣的特點而受重視。

　　英語寓言小故事篇6

　　A wolf was almost dead with hunger. A house-dog saw him, and asked, "Friend, your irregular life will soon ruin you. "Why don't you work steadily as I do, and get your food regularly?" "I would have no objection," said the wolf, "if I could only get a place." "I will help you," said the dog. "Come with me to my master, and you shall share my work." So the wolf and the dog went to the town together. On the way the wolf saw that there was no hair around the dog's neck. He felt quite surprised, and asked him why it was like that? "Oh, it is nothing," said the dog. "Every night my master puts a collar around my neck and chains me up. You will soon get used to it." "Is that the only reason?" said the wolf. "Then good-bye to you, my friend. I would rather be free."

　　一隻狼快要餓死了，一隻狗看見後問他：“你現在的無規律的生活一定會毀掉你，為什麼不像我一樣穩定地幹活並有規律地獲得食物呢？” 狼說：“如果我有個地方住，我沒有意見。”狗回答說：“跟我到主人那裡去，我們一起工作。”於是狼和狗一起回到了村子。在路上，狼注意到狗的脖子上有一圈沒有毛，他很奇怪地問為什麼會那樣。 “噢，沒有什麼，”狗說，“我的主人每天晚上都用一條鐵鏈子拴住我，你很快就會習慣的。”“就是因為這個原因嗎？”狼說道，“那麼，再見了，我的朋友，我寧願選擇自由。”

　　英語寓言小故事篇7

　　At a sales conference, the manager of a company in the United States asked the attendees to stand up and see what was under his seat. As a result, everyone found money on their chairs, picked up at least one coin, and got one hundred dollars at most. The manager said: "all this money for you, but do you know why?" No one can guess why.

　　So the manager of a word to say, I just want to tell you a most easily ignored you even forget the truth: "sit still never earn money."

　　We often complain about the opportunity always pass you by. In fact, when you do not know the author and the wise, decide on what path to follow, this time has been resolutely stand up, seize the opportunity, only in this way, only in the opportunity comes, so as not to miss at a loss what to do. "Sit still never earn money."

　　在一個促銷會上，美國某公司的經理請與會者站起來，看看自己的坐椅下有什麼東西。結果每個人都在自己的坐椅上發現了錢，最少的撿到一枚硬幣，最多的拿到一百美元。這位經理說：“這些錢都歸你們了，但你們知道為什麼嗎？”沒有人能猜出這是為什麼。

　　於是經理一字一頓的說，我只不過想告訴你們一個最容易被大家忽視甚至忘掉的道理：“坐著不動是永遠也賺不到錢的。”

　　我們往往埋怨機緣總是與自己擦肩而過。實際上，當你作者瞻前顧後，不知何去何從時，那些智者，此時已果斷地站起來，抓住了機緣，只有這樣，才會在機緣到來時，不至於束手無策，與之失之交臂。“坐著不動是永遠也賺不到錢的。”

　　英語寓言小故事篇8

　　Building the third storey without the first two

　　A long time ago, there was a rich man whose foolishness knew no bounds(無限).

　　The fool visited another rich man's house and saw a magnificent three-storeyed building which was tall, spacious and bright. He was extremely envious and said to himself, "my wealth is no less than his. Why haven't I got a house like this?"

　　He immediately called in a carpenter. "Did you build that house?" He inquired, "Yes, indeed," answered the carpenter, whereupon he ordered a similar house be built for him.

　　The carpenter started to clear the ground and pile up mud bricks, When the fool saw the carpenter do this, he was puzzled and asked, "What kind of a house are you going to build?" "A three-storeyed house," came the reply. "I don't want the first and second storeys. Build the top storey first." "That simply cannot be done," the carpenter argued. "Whoever heard of building the second storey without first constructing the ground storey, and without the second storey, how can you build the third?"

　　But the fool insisted, "I don't need the first two storeys. You must build only the top storey for me."

　　英語寓言小故事篇9

　　he impossible Gate keeper

　　A man was about to go away on a long journey. He told his servant, "You keep an eye on the gate and look after the donkey."

　　After the master had left, the servant heard someone playing music in the neighborhood. Unable to restrain himself, he wanted to go there and listen. Feeling ill at ease, he roped the gate onto the donkey's back and made it carry the gate all the way to the site of the show.

　　With the servant gone, all the valuables in the house were stolen by thieves. When the master returned he asked, "Where are my valuables?" The servant replied, "Master, you only told me to keep on the gate and the donkey with the leash. Apart from them, l know nothing of the whereabouts of your things."

　　The master declared, "l left you here to guard the gate precisely for the sake of looking after my valuables. With all my valuables gone, what is the good of having a gate?"

　　英語寓言小故事篇10

　　兩個樹洞

　　My uncle has two dogs. One is big and the other is small. He likes them very much.

　　One day, Mr. Smith came to visit him. When the friend saw two holes in the door, a large hole and a small hole, he was surprised and said, ;My dear friend, why are there two holes in your door?; ;Let my dogs come in and come out, of course,; Mr. Smith asked. ;But why are there two holes? One is enough!; ;But how can the big dog go through the small hole?; my uncle said.

　　Sometimes a clever man may make such mistakes.

　　我的叔叔有兩條狗。一隻是大的，另一隻是小狗的。他很喜歡它們。

　　有一天，史密斯先生來看他。當這個朋友看見門口上有連個洞，一個是大洞和一個小洞時，他感到吃驚並說，;我親愛的朋友，為什麼你的門上有連個洞?;我的叔叔回答說：;當然是讓我的兩條狗進出了。史密斯先生問到："為什麼門上要兩個洞呢?一個就足夠了。"我叔叔說：;大狗怎能走小洞呢?

　　英語寓言小故事篇11

　　The swallows and sparrows are very pleased to find a place on the roof of the hall for their nests.The mother birds are feeding their babies with pleasure, which assumes a scene of peace and harmony.But they have never thought of the following scene: the chimney at the top of the kitchen might break, the fire might leap up to the roof and the burning purling might destroy their nests.

　　But those swallows and sparrows are unmindful of the coming disaster.

　　They go on with their superficial happiness brought by peace and calm.

　　燕雀為擁有屋頂下面的一個位置而欣慰不已。母鳥用叼來的食物餵養啁啾鳴叫的幼鳥，整個兒是一派歡樂自得的祥和景象。

　　它們完全沒有考慮到：爐灶上的煙囪有可能會炸裂，火苗將會竄上屋樑，燒著的椽將會摧毀它們的巢穴。

　　不知大禍將要降臨到自己頭上的燕雀們正在安然自若地品味這表面上的安寧所帶來的幸福。

　　英語寓言小故事篇12

　　A great mountain

　　Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake.People came from far and near to see what would happen."A great river will be born." said one."Surely nothing less than a mighty dragon will come out." said another.

　　"A god himself will spring form these rocks." said a third.Finally, after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain. And out popped --- a mouse.Just because someone makes a lot of fuss, it doesn't mean he is important.

　　很久以前，一座大山隆隆作響，搖晃起來。遠近各處的人都來看是怎麼回事。

　　一個人說："要出現一條大河了。"

　　另一個人說："準會出現一條巨龍。"

　　第三個人說："從這些岩石中會出現一尊神來。"

　　等了幾天之後，山坡上終於裂開一條小縫，卻蹦出來一隻耗子。

　　正因為某人大肆張揚，所以他沒有什麼了不起。

　　英語寓言小故事篇13

　　A MAN who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his own country, of the many wonderful and heroic feats he had performed in the different places he had visited. Among other things, he said that when he was at Rhodes he had leaped to such a distance that no man of his day could leap anywhere near him as to that, there were in Rhodes many persons who saw him do it and whom he could call as witnesses. One of the bystanders interrupted him, saying: "Now, my good man, if this be all true there is no need of witnesses. Suppose this to be Rhodes, and leap for us."

　　有個去過國外旅遊的人回國後大肆吹噓他在別的很多城市的豐功偉績。其中，他就說道，他在羅德島曾跳得很遠，連奧林匹克的冠軍都不能與他抗衡。他還說那些當時在場觀看的人們若能到這裡來，就可以給他作證。這時，旁邊的一個人對他說：“喂，朋友，如果這一切是真的，根本不需要什麼證明人。你把這裡當作是羅德島，你跳吧！”

　　英語寓言小故事篇14

　　Monkey and bear were good friends, today bear and monkey bear home together to pick apples, fable essay.

　　The two of them holding hands together came to the orchard, bear and monkey climbed up the tree to pick apples, the monkey quickly climbed up the tree, but the bear climbed to climb at a time when half of the slide down. Monkey see, smiled and said: “ then you still Apple below me to pick it. ” bear see monkey laughing himself suddenly fire up, said: “ what do you mean? You just don't think I can climb it, do you? ” “ no, I mean, you can't climb up. I'll help you pick the apple. You're down here. Is that all right? "&rdquo," said the little monkey innocently. &ldquo? Don't you mean that? I can't climb up! I don't want you to help me! "&rdquo," said the bear angrily. &ldquo, no, no, I'm not rare! ” the little monkey got angry, too. Grade five essay composition of fable. The little monkey walked away without looking back. Where was the bear trying to climb the tree again and again, but he never succeeded?. The little monkey, sulking at home, went to sleep. In the evening, even a bear are not apple picking, like home.

　　This story tells us that a good friend should not be because of a trifle and falling out, saying “ endure temporary calm, take a step as boundless as the sea and sky ” good friends should understand each other, is the.

　　英語寓言小故事篇15

　　The little grasshopper accidentally caught a bug picking frog, and suddenly he was so frightened that he could not move any more. Little grasshopper often listen to mother said, a frog prey hundreds of insects a day, enough fierce, who meets the frog, then can not escape.

　　This time it's over! The grasshopper will have to wait for his death. But strangely, the frog did not eat it, his eyes rolled a few times, and then he jumped in front of it. "What's the matter?" said the grasshopper, "when he sees me, he does not eat me. Oh, it must be afraid of me. Yes, it fears me. Far away from me." the little grasshopper thinks, the more he thinks, the worse the frog is.

　　But what does the frog fear of you? Will you eat it? Someone said to the little grasshopper, "my little brother, you must be so frightened that you can not move.". It must be so. For the still thing, the frog is blind, and even if it has a building in front of it, it can not be seen, but as long as you move a little, the smallest thing can be seen clearly

　　I was too scared to move? Joke! Tell you, if you are like me brave, courage, wisdom, the frog will also fear you, the frog is very timid, cowardly and incompetent guy, you don't need it to you so afraid of grasshopper on the Jedi said the frog, the frog came suddenly you see, and quickly escape, grasshopper also follow us away, but too late, it was a frog to see a frog on the crystal clear, it has devoured.

　　英語寓言小故事篇16

　　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.

　　英語寓言小故事篇17

　　Kitty the Cat is eating all the mice. The mice are afraid to come out of their mouseholes.

　　貓咪凱蒂幾乎吃光了所有的老鼠。老鼠們都非常害怕，不敢踏出鼠洞半步。

　　Kitty: Meow… I got you, little mouse.

　　凱蒂：喵嗚……我抓住你了，小老鼠。

　　Little Joe: Oh, please, Kitty! Let me go. I am too small to eat.

　　小喬伊：哦，求求你了，凱蒂!放我走吧。我太小了，不夠你吃的。

　　Kitty: I don’t mind. I am very hungry right now. (gulp!)

　　凱蒂：沒關係。我現在太餓了。(一口吞下小老鼠!)

　　Kitty the Cat eats poor Little Joe and looks around for another mouse.

　　貓咪凱蒂吃掉了可憐的小喬伊。又繼續四處尋找其他的老鼠。

　　Kitty: That was delicious. But I’m still not full. I need another one. Meow…

　　凱蒂：味道真不錯。可是我還是沒飽，我得再找一隻。喵嗚……

　　Lenny and Theodore are also mice. They see everything.

　　倫尼和西奧多也是老鼠，他們目睹了這一切。

　　Lenny: Did you see that, Theodore?

　　倫尼:你看到了嗎，西奧多?

　　Theodore: I sure did, Lenny. It was terrible.

　　西奧多:我看到了，倫尼。太可怕了。

　　Lenny: Kitty is getting fatter and fatter every day. She is eating more and more.

　　倫尼:凱蒂一天比一天胖。她越吃越多。

　　Theodore: Soon she will eat all of us. We need to do something.

　　西奧多:很快她就會把我們都吃光。我們必須採取行動。

　　Lenny: You’re right. But what can we do?

　　倫尼:你說得對。但是我們該怎麼做呢?

　　Theodore: Let’s have a meeting first. Tell all the mice to come to my house tonight.

　　西奧多:我們先開個會。告訴所有的老鼠今晚到我家來。

　　Lenny: Don’t worry. I’ll tell everyone to come. We’ll all be there.

　　倫尼:你放心吧。我去叫所有的人來。我們大家都會到。

　　英語寓言小故事篇18

　　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.

　　英語寓言小故事篇19

　　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.

　　英語寓言小故事篇20

　　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!

　　英語寓言小故事篇21

　　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。"

　　英語寓言小故事篇22

　　Standing on the roof of a small goat and the Wolf

　　Kid standing on the roof and saw the Wolf walked through the bottom and then abuse him，and laughed at him。 The Wolf said，"oh，buddy，scold me is not you，but your terrain。

　　This story to illustrate，dili and cat often give a person the courage to fight against the strong。

　　英語寓言小故事篇23

　　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。

　　英語寓言小故事篇24

　　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.

　　英語寓言小故事篇25

　　A RICH Woman having returned from abroad disembarked at the foot of Knee-deep Street, and was about to walk to her hotel through the mud.

　　"Madam," said a Policeman, "I cannot permit you to do that; you would soil your shoes and stockings."

　　"Oh, that is of no importance, really," replied the Rich Woman, with a cheerful smile.

　　"But, madam, it is needless; from the wharf to the hotel, as you observe, extends an unbroken line of prostrate newspaper men who

　　crave the honour of having you walk upon them."

　　"In that case," she said, seating herself in a doorway and unlocking her satchel, "I shall have to put on my rubber boots."

　　英語寓言小故事篇26

　　A Fisher once took his bagpipes to the bank of a river, and played upon them with the hope of making the fish rise; but never a one put his nose out of the water.

　　So he cast his net into the river and soon drew it forth filled with fish.

　　Then he took his bagpipes again, and, as he played, the fish leapt up in the net.

　　"Ah, you dance now when I play," said he.

　　"Yes," said an old Fish:

　　"When you are in a man's power you must do as he bids you."