英语哲理小故事

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return. But what is more painful is to love someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel.

只有付出的爱是痛苦的，但比这更痛苦是爱一个人却没有勇气让那人知道你的感情。

A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you，only to find out in the end that it was never

meant to be and you just have to let go.

生命中令人悲伤的一件事是你遇到了一个对你来说很重要的人，但却最终发现你们有缘无份，因此你不得不放手。

The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch swing with，never say a word，and then walk away feeling

like it was the best conversation you've ever had.

最好的朋友就是那种能和你促膝而坐，彼此不说只字片语，分别时却感到这是你有过的最好的一次交流！

It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.

的确只有当我们失去时才知道曾拥有的是什么，同样，只有当我们拥有了才知道曾经失去了什么。

It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone，an hour to like someone，and a day to love someone- but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.

迷上某人只需一分钟，喜欢上某人需要一小时，爱上某人则要一天，然而，忘记某人却是一辈子的事情。

Don't go for looks；they can deceive. Don't go for wealth；even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.

别倾心于容貌，因为它具有欺骗性，也别倾心于财富，它也会消散，倾心于那个能带给你笑容的人吧，因为一个笑容能使漫漫长夜如白昼般明亮。

Dream what you want to dream；go where you want to go；be what you want to be，because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.

做你想做的梦吧，去你想去的地方吧，成为你想成为的人吧，因为你只有一次生命，一个机会去做所有那些你想做的事。

Always put yourself in the other's shoes. If you feel that it hurts you，it probably hurts the person too.

要设身处地的为别人着想, 如果一双鞋你穿着夹脚, 别人的感觉可能也一样。

A careless word may kindle strife；a cruel word may wreck a life；a timely word may level stress；a loving word may

heal and bless.

无心快语可能引发争执，无情之词可能折损生命，适时温语可能消弭压力，而关爱之声可能治愈心灵。

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.

幸福之人并非拥有一切，只是尽力享受生活的赐予。

Love begins with a smile，grows with a kiss，ends with a tear. When you were born，you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die，you're the one smiling and everyone around you is crying.

爱情以笑开始，以吻转浓，以泪结束。当你哭着降临人世时，身边的每个人都在为此欢笑，好好生活吧，这样你就能含笑离开人世，

而身边的每个人都在为此哭泣。

Day17「英语微阅读」有趣感人的英语哲理故事《旅行者和他的狗》

佛塔上的老鼠 The mouse on stupa

一只四处漂泊的老鼠在佛塔顶上安了家。 A drift around the mouse in the tower, the home.

佛塔里的生活实在是幸福极了，它既可以在各层之间随意穿越，又可以享受到丰富的供品。 The stupa life is really great happiness, it can in each layer, and between random through can enjoy rich offerings.

它甚至还享有别人所无法想象的特权，那些不为人知的秘笈，它可以随意咀嚼； It has even enjoy the privilege of others can not imagine, those unknown secret, it can chew at will;

人们不敢正视的佛像，它可以自由休闲，兴起之时，甚至还可以在佛像头上留些排泄物。 People dare not face up to the figure of Buddha, it can free leisure, rise up, and even in the Buddha head leave some waste.

每当善男信女们烧香叩头的时候，这只老鼠总是看着那令人陶醉的烟气，慢慢升起，它猛抽着鼻子，心中暗笑：“可笑的人类，膝盖竟然这样柔软，说跪就跪下了！” Whenever the yu incense kowtow, the mouse always looked at the ravishing flue gas, slowly rising, it is fierce and snuffling, in the heart did Sarah laugh: "ridiculous human, knee was so soft, said kneeling he knelt down!"

有一天，一只饿极了的野猫闯了进来，它一把将老鼠抓住。 One day, a hungry cat ran in, it will catch the mouse.

“你不能吃我！你应该向我跪拜！我代表着佛！” "You can't eat me! You should bow to me! I represent the Buddha!"

这位高贵的俘虏抗议道。 The noble captive protested.

“人们向你跪拜，只是因为你所占的位置，不是因为你！” "People bow down to you, just because of your position, not because of you!"

野猫讥讽道，然后，它像掰开一个汉堡包那样把老鼠掰成了两半。

Wildcats taunt way, then, it is like break a hamburger that the mice break in half.

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中英对照文字版：

The Traveler and His Dog

A traveler about to set out on a journey saw his dog stand at the door stretching him. He asked him sharply: "Why do you stand there gaping? Everything is ready but you, so come with me instantly." The dog,wagging his tail, replied: "Oh, master! I am quite ready; it is you for whom I am waiting."

The loiterer often blames delay on his more active friend.

旅行者和他的狗

一个人打点好了行装准备出发。这时，他看见他的狗仍站在门口伸懒腰，便严厉地对它说：“为什么你还站在那里打呵欠？一切准备妥当，只等你了，赶快跟我走吧！”狗摇着尾巴回答说：“主人！我早就准备好了，我是在等你呢。”

这是说有些人不检点自己，还常常把过失归咎于别人。

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含有哲理的英语小故事

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英语哲理短文带翻译阅读篇一：并不是热爱跑步的人才能成为奔跑者

　The first time I ran, like really ran, was during middle school gym class. It took me 11 minutes and 47 seconds to finish a mile. I've been running ever since.

　我第一次跑步，那种真正的跑步，是在中学体育课的时候。我花了11分47秒跑完了1英里。自那以后，我一直在跑步。

　Running is the kind of thing where you put in the time and expect to see results, and let me be the first to tell you: It is supremely discouraging when you don't. It's discouraging when you run a five-mile race with your entire family and e in a solid 15 minutes behind everyone else, and it's discouraging when that time is no faster or slower than your five-mile time five years ago.

　跑步是一种你会投入时间并期待成效的运动。让我做第一个告诉你这个的人：你没有做到的时候，你会刚到非常沮丧。当你和所有家人一起来一场5英里赛跑却落后了每个人15分钟的时候，是十分让人沮丧的;当你跑完5英里的时间并没有比5年前更快或更慢的时候，也是十分让人沮丧的。

　And yet, my alarm is already set for 6 a.m. tomorrow, even though it's probably going to be rainy and definitely going to be cold and even though most of the time, I really hate running.

　但是，我已经把明天的闹钟设置为早晨6点钟了，哪怕可能会下雨且一定会变冷;哪怕大多数时间，我真的讨厌跑步。

　Don't ask me why. All I know is this: As much as I hate running, I love being a runner.

　不要问我原因。我所知道的一切就是：我喜欢成为一名奔跑者和我讨厌跑步的程度相同。

　There's some kind of camaraderie beeen people who spend more money each year on running shoes than on all their other shoes bined, and there's some fundamental similarity beeen people who can cross 10 miles without pausing.

　比起购买其他所有的鞋子，每年花更多的钱买跑鞋的人们之间有着某种友谊;那些不用暂停就能跑完10英里的人们之间也有着根本的相似性。

　On days that I run, I exert myself purely for exertion's sake. If you run too, you get why.

　在我跑步的日子里，我只不过为了努力而努力。如果你也跑步，你会懂的。

　When you're a runner, your people are the girls with hair elastics on their wrists and the boys with shorts shorter than yours. They might be better, faster or stronger than you, but you belong with them.

　当你做奔跑者的时候，你的同伴会是那些手腕上有用来扎头发的橡皮筋的女孩子们以及那些穿着比你裤子还短的短裤的男孩子们。他们也许比你更好、更快或者更强壮，但你和他们是一起的。

　It took me almost 10 years of plodding along at an 11-minute mile before I realized that I could call myself a runner, no matter how slow I go or how many races I lose.

　我花了将近20xx年时间才做到在11分钟内跑完1英里，后来我才意识到，我可以称自己为一名奔跑者，无论我跑得多慢、无论我输掉了几场比赛。

　I've laced up my shoes at least once a week since the first day I stepped foot on a track in middle school. Some weeks it's every day, some weeks it's not. Some days, I'll barely go more than a mile, and some days, I'll walk more than I jog. I may not have medals, but I have fresh air, time alone, and creaky knees and tight quads.

　自从我在中学踏上跑道的第一天起，我至少每周会束紧鞋带跑一次步。有些时候我那周的每天都绑紧鞋带去跑步，有些时候不是。有些日子里，我很少跑超过1英里的距离;有些日子里，我散步的次数会比慢跑多。我可能没有奖章，但是我能呼吸新鲜空气、拥有独处的时间并有吱吱作响的膝盖和结实的股四头肌。

　For me, that's enough. I run, so I am a runner.

　对我来说，那就足够了。我跑步，所以我是一名奔跑者。

英语哲理短文带翻译阅读篇二：当一个作家，书写自己的人生

　The gas station nearest my house happens to face a strip club. It is apparently a very successful strip club, as they could afford to install a LCD screen on their roof that might be visible from the Space Station. It's certainly visible from the gas station. At some point my eyes will drift up while pumping gas, and there will be a one-story image of a young woman in some stage of near-undress.

　离我家最近的加油站对面碰巧有一家脱衣舞夜总会。这家夜总的屋顶装了一个巨大的LED屏幕，说不定在太空上都看得见。能够支付这样的费用，看来经营得非常成功。不用说，在加油站也能看见那块屏幕。在加油的时候，我会不经意地往上看，一层楼高的屏幕上显示着一个几乎 *** 的少女。

　As I was getting some gas this morning, I wondered for the first time what a woman pumping gas thought when she looked at that screen. Though it would depend on the woman, I thought. A woman who had once been an exotic dancer herself would certainly look at that image differently than a Catholic nun.

　今天早上，我又来到这里加油，脑海中突然有一个问题挥之不去：一个女人来加油的时候看到那块屏幕会有什么想法呢?我觉得那要看她是个怎样的人。曾经当过脱衣舞者的女人和天主教的修女肯定会对那个图像有不同的看法。

　The image would look different to each of us. And when I say look different, I mean we would be seeing what amounts to a different image. For while the young woman's pose and attire that I see are identical to the pose and attire that every other man, woman, and child sees, the story that image tells me is told uniquely by me, by my own ideas about women and advertising and maybe even gas stations.

　那张图像对每个人来说都是不一样的，这个不一样是指我们会产生不一样的想法。虽然那个少女的姿势打扮在每一个男人、女人、小孩眼中都是一样的，但是我在那图像中捕捉到的故事是独一无二的，是由我自身对女人、广告、甚至是加油站的想法创造的。

　The image is nothing; the story is everything. Good to remember if you're a writer. Writers don't report the facts. The fact that there is a strip club with a giant LCD screen blazing near-nudity for all to see means nothing in reality. All that ever matters is what a person believes when they look upon it. What a person believes is the terrain of the storyteller.

　图像本身什么都不是，故事才是一切。如果你是个作家，你会知道作家并不是描写现实。那儿有一家脱衣舞夜总会，屋顶上有一块巨大的LED屏幕，屏幕上显示着几近的少女，这是现实，没有意义的现实。真正有意义的是人看到这个景象时萌生的想法，人的思想是创作故事的土壤。

　And by the way, it is the only terrain of the storyteller. Storytellers, whether they are conscious of it or not, wish to alter reality. We are not so interested in changing the image that flashes on the great LCD screen of the world. Mostly that's beyond our control. We could march, or protest, or fill out petitions to get the screen changed, but it's faster, ultimately, to tell ourselves a story about what we see there.

　而且，思想是创作故事的唯一土壤。讲故事的人会有意无意地想去改变现实。我们不是想把现实中大屏幕上惹眼的图像换掉，大多数情况下我们都是有心无力。我们当然可以，写信请愿把那屏幕换掉，但说到底，更快捷的办法是给自己讲个跟眼前的事物有关的故事。

　I sometimes fet I have to power to change that story. My mind drifts as idly from thought to thought as my eyes drift from gas pump to pinup. What occurs in this exchange beeen the world I look upon and the story I tell can happen so fast, can be so habitual, that I can lose track of who is telling the story I am hearing. The moment I remember, the moment I see my mind as a blank page on which to write my life, I am the author once more, and my life is mine again.

　有时候我会忘记自己有改变故事的能力。我的视线四处游动，从汽油管飘忽到半裸少女，我的思维也跟着漫不经心地跳跃。把眼前的事实创作成的自己故事，这就像我的习惯一样，一眨眼的功夫，我已经分不清我到底是在创作故事，还是成为了故事的主人公。等我回过神来的时候，等我空白的脑海重新回想起自己生活的时候，我又重新成为故事的作者，重新回到了自己的生活中。

英语哲理短文带翻译阅读篇三：善有善报，恶有恶报

　A woman baked chapatti for members of her family and an extra one for a hungry passerby. She kept the extra chapatti on the window sill. Every day, a hunchback came and took away the chapatti. Instead of expressing gratitude, he muttered the following words as he went his way: “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, es back to you!”

　一个女人给家人烤薄饼，还留出一个给饥肠辘辘的路人。她总是把留出的那个放在窗台上，每天都有一个驼背的人来拿走薄饼。他没说过一句“谢谢”，反而总是边走边咕哝着：“善有善报，恶有恶报!”

　The woman felt irritated. “Not a word of gratitude,” she said to herself… “Everyday this hunchback utters this jingle! What does he mean?” One day, she decided to do away with him. She added poison to the chapatti she prepared for him!

　女人很生气，她自言自语地说：“这个驼背人从没说过谢谢，却每天都重复这句话，是什么意思呀?”一天，她决定弄死他，就在为他准备的薄饼上下了毒。

　As she was about to keep it on the window sill, her hands trembled. “What is this I am doing?” she said. Immediately, she threw the chapatti into the fire, prepared another one. As usual, the hunchback came, picked up the chapatti and muttered the words: “The evil you do, remains with you: The good you do, es back to you!”

　她正要把饼放在窗台上，手就开始颤抖了，她说：“我在做什么?”她马上把饼扔进了火里，重新做了一张。一切照旧，驼背人来了，拿起薄饼，咕哝着：“善有善报，恶有恶报!”

　Every day, as the woman placed the chapatti on the window sill, she offered a prayer for her son who had gone to a distant place to seek his fortune.

　每天女人把饼放窗台上时都为去远方赚钱的儿子祈祷。

　That evening, there was a knock on the door. As she opened it, she was surprised to find her son standing in the doorway. He was hungry and weak. As he saw his mother, he said, “Mom, it’s a miracle I’m here. While I was but a mile away, I was so famished that I collapsed. I would have died, but just then an old hunchback passed by. He was kind enough to give me a whole chapatti. He said, “Your need is greater than mine!”

　那天晚上，有人敲门，她打开门惊讶地发现儿子站在门口，他很饿很虚弱。一看见妈妈他就说：“妈妈，我能回来真是奇迹。离家还有一英里远的时候，我太饿了走不动了。我差点儿就死了，但就在那时一个老驼背人路过，他很善良给了我一整张饼。他说：‘你比我更需要它’。”

　She remembered the poisoned chapatti that she had made that morning. Had she not burnt it in the fire, it would have been eaten by her own son!

　她想起了那天早上做的有毒的饼，要不是她把饼烧了，就会被她儿子吃了!

　It was then that she realized the significance of the words: “The evil you do remains with you: The good you do, es back to you!” Do good and don’t ever stop doing good, even if it is not appreciated at that time.

　那时她才意识到这句话的重要性：“善有善报，恶有恶报!”多行善举，即使当时不被人感激也要坚持下去。

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英语哲理小故事感悟及翻译，不要太长，演讲用的，急急急（那位大神帮一下忙，谢谢）

以下是一篇含有哲理的英语小故事：?

The Wise Old Man and the River

Once upon a time, there was a wise old man who lived in a small village by the river. One day, a young man came to him and said, "Old man, I want to be wise like you. Can you teach me your secrets?"

The wise old man looked at him and said, "Sure, but first, let's take a walk by the river."

They walked in silence for a while until they came to the river. The wise old man suddenly pushed the young man into the river and held him under the water.?

The young man struggled and fought to get free, but the old man held him firmly. Just when he was about to pass out, the old man pulled him out of the river and helped him catch his breath.

The young man was furious and demanded an explanation. The old man calmly replied, "When you were under the water, what did you want more than anything else?"?

"I wanted to breathe!" the young man gasped.

The old man nodded and said, "That's the secret to wisdom. When you want to be wise as much as you wanted to breathe, then you will be."

The young man was humbled and realized that wisdom was not something that could be learned overnight, but a lifelong pursuit.?

Moral of the story: Wisdom cannot be taught, but it can be pursued. It takes patience, perseverance, and a deep desire to learn

从前，有一个智慧老人住在河边的一个小村庄里。一天，一个年轻人来找他，说：“老人，我想像你一样聪明。你能教我你的秘诀吗？”

智慧老人看着他，说：“好吧，但首先，让我们去河边散步。”

他们默默地走了一会儿，直到来到了河边。智慧老人突然把年轻人推进了河里，并把他按在水下。

年轻人挣扎着想挣脱，但老人却抓住他。就在他快要晕过去的时候，老人把他从河里拉了上来，帮助他呼吸。

年轻人很生气，要求解释。智慧老人平静地回答道：“当你在水下的时候，你最想要什么？”

“我想要呼吸！”年轻人喘息着说。

老人点了点头，说：“这就是智慧的秘密。当你像渴望呼吸一样渴望智慧时，你就会拥有智慧。”

年轻人感到羞愧，意识到智慧不是一夜之间就能学会的，而是一个终身追求的过程。

寓意：智慧不能被教授，但可以追求。这需要耐心、毅力和深刻的学习愿望。

英文故事短篇及翻译五篇

懒驴

A man bought a Donkey at the market one day and took him home on approval.

一天，有个人在集市上买了一头驴，把驴牵回家先试用一下。

Now the man owned several Donkeys already and he knew each one's character very well.

这人已经有好几头驴了，深知每头驴的习性。

One of the Donkey was very strong and brave. Another was eager to please but quickly exhausted.

有头驴又强壮、又勇敢;还有头驴急于讨人喜欢，可一会儿就累了;

One Donkey was very lazy. He hated going to work in the morning and he did as little as he possibly could all day long.

另有头驴非常懒，它不愿意一大早就去干活，一整天它都尽可能地少干点活，别的驴载东西时，

When the other animals were being loaded up he always tried to be the last so that he would get the lightest load.

它总是尽量排最后一个，这样载的东西就会最轻。

The man led the new Donkey into the stable yard. For a moment he stood

sniffing at his new companions. Then, without hesitation, he trotted up

to the lazy Donkey and began feeding comfortably at his side.

这个人把新买的驴牵进牲口棚的院子里。驴站了一会儿，闻了闻它的新伙伴们，然后，毫不犹豫地跑到懒驴跟前，在它旁边悠闲自得地吃起草来。

Though it was late in the day, the man immediately led the new Donkey out of the yard, straight back to the market.

天色已经很晚了，这个人还是马上把新买的驴牵出了院子，径直回到集市上。

"You cannot have given him a fair trial yet, "said the merchant. "It is only ten minutes since you bought him."

“你不可能已经好好试过了，”卖驴的人说，“你买了它才十几分钟。”

"I don't need to try him any more," replied the man. "I know just what he is like from the friend he chose for himself.

“我不用再试了，”这个人回答道。“从它自己挑选的朋友，我就知道它是头什么样的驴了。

Take him away and give me my money back. I can do without Donkeys like him."

把它牵走，把钱还给我。我没有这样的驴也能过日子。”

希望能够帮助你，望采纳~

求一个英语小故事，简短，有哲理性就可以了

#能力训练# 导语英语是世界上通用的语言，而英语的学习是很枯燥的，想要学好英语不妨先从阅读英语故事开始。从英文故事中学习，提高英文水平。从故事中学习，学到人生的哲理。下面是 分享的英文故事短篇及翻译五篇。欢迎阅读参考！

1.英文故事短篇及翻译

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.

　一只蝙蝠坠落到地面上来，被一只鼠狼捉住了，蝙蝠哀求讨饶。鼠狼不答应，说它自己最爱和鸟类为敌。蝙蝠便证明它自己不是鸟，只是一只老鼠，因此鼠狼就放了它。

　不久这只蝙蝠又坠落到地上来，被另一只鼠狼捉住，它同样地哀求讨饶。那鼠狼说它自己最恨老鼠，蝙蝠证明自己并不是老鼠，而是一只蝙蝠;因此，它第二次又安然地逃离危险了。随机应变乃聪明之举。

2.英文故事短篇及翻译

The Ass and the Grasshopperan

　Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping， was highly enchanted; and， desiring to possess the same charms of melody， demanded what sort of food they lived on， to give them such beautiful voices。 They replied， "The dew。" The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew， and in a short time died of hunger。

　驴和蚱蜢

　一只驴听到几只蚱蜢在叫，便觉得很趣味;于是也想得到同样趣味的音调，便问蚱蜢吃什么东西过活，以致于能有这样优美的声音。蚱蜢说：「露水。」驴子听了，从此以后也单吃露水过活，不久便饿死了。

3.英文故事短篇及翻译

the hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "i have never been beaten," he said, "when i run at full speed, no one is faster than me." the tortoise said quietly, "i will race with you." "that is a good joke," said the hare. "i could dance around you the whole way."the race started. the hare darted almost out of sight at once. he soon stopped and lay down to have a nap.the tortoise plodded on and on. when the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise was near the finish line, and that he had lost the race.

　moral: pride goes before a fall. only by persevering can we achieve our goals.

　兔子有一次在其他动物面前夸耀他的速度。“我从来没有被打败过，”他说，“当我全速奔跑时，没有人比我更快。”乌龟平静地说:“我要和你比赛。”“这是个好笑话。”兔子说。“我可以一直围着你跳舞。”比赛开始。那只野兔几乎立刻跑得看不见了。他很快停下来，躺下来打了个盹。乌龟慢吞吞地走啊走。当兔子从午睡中醒来时，他看到乌龟已经快到终点线了，他输了比赛。

　寓意: 骄兵必败;只有持之以恒，才能实现目标。

4.英文故事短篇及翻译

A waggoner was once driving a heavy load on a very muddy road.

　一名车夫赶着货车沿着一条非常泥泞的小路前行。

　Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire, and the horse could not pull them out.

　突然，马车的轮子陷入了泥潭，马无法将它们拉出来。

The waggoner threw down his whip. He knelt down and prayed to Hercules. “Hercules, help me,please,“ he said.

　车夫扔下鞭子，跪在地上，祈求大力神出现，“大力神啊，请来帮助我。”他说。

　But Hercules appeared to him, and said, “Man, don’t kneel there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.“

　大力神出现了，却说：“朋友，用你的肩膀把车轮扛起来，再驱赶马拉车出来。跪在那里祈求我有什么用呢?”

5.英文故事短篇及翻译

A crow feit very thirsty.He looked for water in the pitcher.His beak could not reach it.He tired again and again,but still could not touch the water.

　When he was about to give up,an idea came to him.He took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher.Then he took another and dropped it in.

　Gradually,the water rose,and the crow was able to drink the water.

　一只乌鸦口渴了，到处找水喝。终于，他找到了一个大水罐。但是，水罐里面的水并不多，他的尖嘴够不到水面，他试了一次又一次，都没有成功。就在他想放弃的时候，他突然想到一个主意。乌鸦叼来了一块小石子投到水罐里，接着又叼了一块又一块石头放进去。渐渐地，水面升高了。乌鸦高兴地喝到了水。

The Old Cat

An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."

译文

老猫

一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。

于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情。要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”

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