含哲理的英语简单小故事

She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart. She must he been 6 years old, this beautiful brown haired, freckle-faced image of innocence. It was pouring outside. The kind of rain that gushes over the top of rain gutters, so much in a hurry to hit the Earth it has no time to flow down the spout.

We all stood there under the awning and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart. We waited, some patiently, others 4)irritated because nature messed up their hurried day. I am always mesmerized by rainfall. I get lost in the sound and sight of the heens washing away the dirt and dust of the world. Memories of running, splashing so carefree as a child come pouring in as a welcome reprieve from the worries of my day.

Her voice was so sweet as it broke the hypnotic trance we were all caught in. "Mom, let's run through the rain," she said.

"What?" Mom asked.

"Let's run through the rain!" She repeated.

"No, honey. We'll wait until it slows down a bit," Mom replied.

This young child waited about another minute and repeated: "Mom, let's run through the rain."

"We'll get soaked if we do," Mom said.

"No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said as she tugged at her Mom's arm."

"This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?"

"Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us through this, he can get us through anything!"

The entire crowd stopped dead silent. I swear you couldn't hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently. No one came or left in the next few minutes. Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.

Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly. Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation in a young child's life. Time when innocent trust can be nurtured so that it will bloom into faith. "Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If get wet, well maybe we just needed washing," Mom said. Then off they ran.

We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they darted past the cars and. They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case. They got soaked. But they were followed by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions, they can take away your money, and they can take away your health. But no one can ever take away your precious memories. So, don't forget to make time and take the opportunities to make memories every day!

To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heen. I hope you still take the time to run through the rain.

Run Through the Rain 雨中的记忆

她和妈妈刚在沃尔玛购完物。这个天真的小女孩应该6岁大了，头发是美丽的棕色，脸上有雀斑。外面下着倾盆大雨。雨水溢满了檐槽，来不及排走，就迫不及待地涌向了大地。

我们都站在沃尔玛门口的遮篷下。大家在等待，有的人很耐心，也有人烦躁，因为老天在给他们本已忙碌的一天添乱。雨天总引起我的遐思。我出神地听着、看着老天洗刷冲走这世界的污垢和尘埃，孩时无忧无虑地在雨中奔跑玩水的记忆汹涌而至，暂时缓解了我这一天的焦虑。

小女孩甜美的声音打破了这令人昏昏欲睡的气氛，“妈妈，我们在雨里跑吧，”她说。

“什么？”母亲问。

“我们在雨里跑吧，”她重复。

“不，亲爱的，我们等雨小一点再走，”母亲回答说。

过了一会小女孩又说：“妈妈，我们跑出去吧。”

“这样的话我们会湿透的，”母亲说。

“不会的，妈妈。你今天早上不是这样说的。”小女孩一边说一边拉着母亲的手。

“今天早上？我什么时候说过我们淋雨不会湿啊？”

“你不记得了吗？你和爸爸谈他的癌症时，你不是说‘如果上帝让我们闯过这一关，那我们就没有什么过不去了。’”

人群一片寂静。我发誓，除了雨声，你什么都听不到。我们都静静地站着。接下来的几分钟没有一个人走动。母亲停了一下，在想着应该说些什么。

有人也许会对此一笑了之，或者责备这孩子的不懂事，有人甚至不把她的话放在心上。但这却是一个小孩子一生中需要被肯定的时候。若受到鼓舞，此时孩子单纯的信任就会发展成为坚定的信念。“亲爱的，你说得对，我们跑过去吧。如果淋湿了，那也许是因为我们的确需要冲洗一下了，”母亲说。然后她们就冲出去了。

我们站在那里，笑着看她们飞快地跑过停着的汽车。他们把购物袋高举过头想挡挡雨，但还是湿透了。好几个人像孩子般尖叫着，大笑着，也跟着冲了出去，奔向自己的车子。当然，我也这样做了，跑了出去，淋湿了。我也需要接受洗礼。环境或其他人可以夺去你的物质财富，抢走你的金钱，带走你的健康，但没有人可以带走你珍贵的回忆。因此，记得要抓紧时间，抓住机会每天都给自己留下一些回忆吧！

世间万物皆有自己的季节，做任何事情也有一个恰当的时机。希望你有机会在雨中狂奔一回。

Day17「英语微阅读」有趣感人的英语哲理故事《旅行者和他的狗》

Angels in you circulate found a young man is 100 boring nai alone with alcohol. Young people to the bottle "loud splash" drink a gulp drunk exclaimed: "alive he what good? Too tired! Endless listen to babble, live careful countered, and subjected to the hard-working. Home for the son of man, outer humanness colleagues, the manner is the elder brothers, the manner is" play ", then, for RenFu prepping for rounding. When's head!"

A young man Yang neck and drink a gulp wine to continue to say: "alas! Live bored! Love, hate, crying, once smiled, joy and suffering. XiangSuJi and Kentucky Fried chicken, crossing the chicken are eaten. Star-rated hotel on, billiards, bowling, golf, also played. Life is just so so, when you can end?"

Angel gently walk to young people table said: "don't worry, you're almost an end! Also immediately to wrap! Also not hurriedly go home?"

Young people staying to look up with dim ZuiYan staring at the angel asked: "you, you, who are you? You said, is that is what mean?"

"I was an angel, given ear to your voice to just kindly tell you, you are already very sick, most can live only three days, hurry home that family preparing you for oblivion!"

Angel words so saying, young people immediately feel a severe pain in my chest, almost overturned. He very not easy stumbled returned home, a while lying in bed. His family heard these things, must young people go after hospital treatment. Young side moans side impatiently putting three directions head to say: "I can only live for three days! To the hospital a toss not lee for two days?" Let family how to persuade, young people are determined not to from.

Young people's pain in gradually spread into body, he sees with eyes staring at housetop think: "this man's life also too not through things, how to say" no "would not, said death will dead? Alas, regrettable can live only three days, even if many days or! I've got a lot of things didn't finish do!"

The mother sat the son of bedside hum cry to say: "son, you want to eat what with mom said, mom is to the horizon also thoughts to you get!"

Young people stroked the mother's hand sad to say: "mama, son before too sensible, no less to provoke you are angry, now again to you endure the bereed of pain, want to come now is really hy with that! If there is an afterlife, I must make a listen to your words good son. You give me do a bowl of hand out side! Now I think you do hand roll surface is the world's most delicious!"

Father was standing on her son's bedside said: "son! Dad bad-tempered, no less dozen you scold you, you can not bear grudges father ah!"

Young people took father's hand and said: "daddy, it is I am too naughty, you call me a few! That flor I had forgotten!"

Since then, two days of time in young people's memories and with his family in the past. Don't The next morning, young people to see through the window of the sunshine that shoots parents said: "I want to get some sun!"

Young people sit on the balcony chair, feel the sunshine of today exceptionally aimless and warm, wind also overflowing, trans-monounsaturated flowerpot flower is so gorgeous, air singing is so pleasant, even on the road pedestrians unexpectedly is not common benignity!

He restored eye head thought: "alas! Died unexpectedly is so nice and let people miss! This was all I why early didn't notice? It is a pity that I discovered too late, I will lee it all to a full of dark and cold world. Originally always feel time is too slow, can this three-day zha blink didn't?" Thought of here, young people's eyes involuntarily drips down two lines of clear tears.

In tears drop to his chest of hou, the young man felt body all pain and discomfort suddenly diseared, the heart is full of never had the relaxed and ecstasy. He flung up from his chair, towards the sun with open arms loudly shout: "ha ha! I couldn't hurt! Alive is good wow!"

The sky was voice of an angel: "that treasuring life carefully about every day!"

天使在巡视时发现一年轻人正百无聊奈地独自借酒浇愁。年轻人对着瓶口“咕咚”喝下一大口酒后抱怨地说：“活着有啥好？太累了！没完没了地听唠叨，无休无止地小心暗算，成年累月地辛勤劳作。在家为人子，在外为人同事，为人哥们，为人“喽罗”，到时还要为人夫，为人父。何时是个头呀！”

年轻人一仰脖子又喝下一大口酒继续说：“唉！活腻味了！爱过了，恨过了，哭过了，笑过了，乐过了，苦过了。香酥鸡、肯德鸡、道口烧鸡都吃过了。星级酒店上过了，台球、保龄球、高尔夫球，也都玩过了。人生不过如此，何时可收场呢？”

天使轻轻走到年轻人桌前说：“别着急，你已经快到头了！也马上要收场了！还不赶紧回家去？”

年轻人一楞，抬起朦胧的醉眼盯着天使问：“你，你，你是谁？你说的是，是，是啥意思？”

“我是天使，听了你的话才来好心地告诉你，你早已病入膏肓，最多只能活三天，快回家叫家人为你准备后事吧！”

天使的话一说完，年轻人顿时觉得胸口一阵剧痛，险些翻倒。他好不容易跌跌撞撞地回到家中，一下子躺倒在床上。家人听说了这事之后，一定要年轻人去医院诊治。年轻人一边呻吟一边不耐烦地伸出三个指点头说：“我只能活三天了呀！到医院一折腾不就只剩两天了吗？”任凭家人怎么劝说，年轻人就是执意不从。

年轻人的疼痛感在逐渐往全身漫延，他睁着双眼看着屋顶想：“这人的生命也太不经事了，怎么说不行就不行、说要死就要死了呢？唉，可惜只能活三天，哪怕多几天也好呀！我还有好多事没办完呢！”

母亲坐在儿子的床边嘤嘤地哭着说：“儿啊，你想吃啥跟妈说，妈就是到天边也想法给你弄到！”

年轻人抚摸着母亲的手难过地说：“妈，儿子以前太不懂事，没少惹您生气，现在又要您忍受这丧子之痛，现在想来真是寒心呀！如果有来世，我一定做个听您话的乖儿子。您给我做一碗手擀面吧！我现在觉得你做的手擀面是世界上最好吃的！”

父亲站在儿子的床边说：“儿呀！爸爸脾气不好，没少打你骂你，你可不要记恨爸爸呀！”

年轻人拉住父亲的手说：“爸，那是我太淘气，您再打我几下吧！那滋味我都快忘了！”

转眼间，两天的时间就在年轻人的回忆和与家人的话别中过去了。第三天早上，年轻人看到从窗子里射进来的阳光对父母亲说：“我想再去晒晒太阳！”

年轻人坐在阳台的椅子上，感觉到今天的阳光格外的漫暖，风也分外的和顺，花盆里的花朵是这样的艳丽，空中的鸟鸣是如此的悦耳，就连马路上的车水马龙竟也是不一般的亲切！

他收回目光低下头想：“唉！人世竟是如此的美好和让人留恋！这一切我为什么早没有注意到呢？只可惜我发现得太晚了，我就要离开这一切到一个充满黑暗与冰冷的世界去了。原来总觉得时间过得慢，可这三天咋眨眼就没了呢？”想到这里，年轻人的眼中不由自主地淌下两行清泪来。

就在泪水滴到胸前的时侯，年轻人感到身上所有的疼痛与不适一下子无影无踪了，心里充满从未有过的轻松和狂喜。他猛地从椅子上站了起来，朝着太阳张开双臂大声高喊：“哈哈！我死不了啦！活着是真好哇！”

天空中传来天使的声音：“那就珍惜生命，用心地过好你的每一天吧！”

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中英对照文字版：

The Treler and His Dog

A treler 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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有哲理的英文小故事，拿来做演讲的。高一水平

去看《 chicken soup for the soul》 各种版本都行。就是生单词略多些。

另附：

The Fox and the Grapes

One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: "I am sure they are sour."

故事内容：

炎热的夏天里，一只狐貍在果园漫步 （One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard），看到一串熟透的葡萄沿著藤蔓高挂在上 （till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch.）。「解渴就靠这个了。」他这麼说著 （"Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he）。退了几步之後，他往前又跑又跳的 （Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump），可惜没搆到那串葡萄 （and just missed the bunch），往後再退了几步，一、二、三，往上一跳 （Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up），还是没有构到那串葡萄 （but with no greater success.）。他试了又试，只希望吃口诱人的葡萄 （Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel），可最後还是放弃了（but at last had to give it up），最後离开，鼻子嗅了嗅说 （and walked away with his nose in the air, saying）：「葡萄太酸了 （"I am sure they are sour."）。」

The moral is that：It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

(要鄙视得不到的东西，可真容易呢。)

人生多了酸的滋味，永远比连酸都没嚐过的人生来的圆满。

1.stroll （vi.）：散步

2.orchard （nc.）：果园

3.a bunch of ：一串

4.ripen （vi.）：变成熟，变鲜美

5.vine （nc.）：藤蔓

6.train （vt.）：让植物沿著一定的方向生长

7.lofty （adj.）：很高的

8.quench （vt.）：压抑；解渴

9.quoth （vt.）：说（文言）

10.morsel （nc.）：一口

The Cock and the Pearl

A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. "Ho! ho!" quoth he, "that's for me," and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw. What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard? "You may be a treasure," quoth Master Cock, "to men that prize you, but for me I would rather he a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls."

故事内容：

有只公鸡昂首阔步在母鸡的庭院走著 （A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens），突然发现稻草推里有东西闪闪发亮 （when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw.）。「喔喔！ （"Ho! ho!"）」他说著 （quoth he）。「那是我的 （"that's for me,"）。」马上把那发亮的东西从稻草底下拿起来 （and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw.）。结果发现那竟是一颗珍珠（What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in the yard?） 。大公鸡就说：「对人类来说，你可能是很珍贵的，因为他们懂得珍惜你 （"You may be a treasure," quoth Master Cock, "to men that prize you ）。可对我来说，我宁愿要一颗大麦，也不想去啄一颗珍珠。（but for me I would rather he a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls."）」

The moral is that： Precious things are for those that can prize them.

(珍贵的东西是给那些懂得珍惜他们的人)

公鸡都懂得选择自己想要的，我们更不能随波逐流，一昧追寻他人的脚步，来过自己的人生。

1.strut （vi. / vt.）：址高气昂的走著

2.farmyard （nc.）：农家庭院

3.espy （vt.）：意外发现

4.quoth （vt.）：说（古）

5.root （vt.）：生根、固定

6.barley （nu.）：大麦

7.peck （nc.）：啄

The Dog and the Shadow

It hened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to he that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and was never seen more.

故事内容：

有只狗嘴巴衔著一块肉，准备回家好好享用一番（It hened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it home in his mouth to eat it in peace）。回家的路上（Now on his way home），他得走过一块板子，以便穿越湍急的溪流 （he had to cross a plank lying across a running brook）。正当他走在板子上的时候 （As he crossed），往下看到河里倒映的影子（he looked down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath），以为是另外一只狗衔著另一块肉（Thinking it was another dog with another piece of meat），他也想把那块肉抢过来（he made up his mind to he that also），就啪的一声往水里跳（So he made a snap at the shadow in the water），可当他张开口（but as he opened his mouth），嘴里的肉也掉了出来 （the piece of meat fell out），掉进水里 （dropped into the water），消失无踪了 （and was never seen more）。

The moral is that：Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

小小启发：注意别因为想抓住影子，把看得到的东西给丢了。

A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration.

一个男人和他的女朋友结婚，举行了一场盛大的结婚庆典。

All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. All had a wonderful time.

所有的朋友和家人都来到结婚典礼上参加欢宴和庆祝活动。大家都过得很开心。

The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.

穿着白色婚纱的新娘漂亮迷人，穿着黑色礼服的新郎英俊潇洒。每个人都能看出他们彼此的爱是真诚的。

A few months later, the wife came to the husband with a proposal, "I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage," she offered. "Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives hier together."

几个月后，妻子走近丈夫提议说：“我刚才在杂志上看到一篇文章，说的是怎样巩固婚姻。”她说：“我们两个人都各自把对方的小毛病列在一张纸上，然后我们商量一下怎样解决，以便使我们的生活更幸福。”

The husband agreed. So each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other. They thought about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with.

丈夫同意了。于是他们各自走向不同的房间去想对方的缺点。那一天余下的时间里，他们都在思考这个问题，并且把他们想到的都写下来。

The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.

第二天早上，吃早饭的时候，他们决定谈谈彼此的缺点。

"I'll start," offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it, enough to fill 3 pages. In fact, as she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to ear in her husband's eyes.

“我先开始吧。”妻子说。她拿出她的单子，上面列举了很多条，事实上，足足写满了三页。当她开始念的时候，她注意到丈夫眼里含着泪花。

"What's wrong?" she asked. "Nothing," the husband replied, "keep reading your list."

“怎么啦?”她问。“没什么，”丈夫答道，“继续念吧。”

The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over the top of it.

妻子又接着念。整整三页都念完之后她把单子整齐地放在桌上，两手交叉放在上面。

"Now, you read your list and then we'll talk about the things on both of our lists," she said hily.

“现在该你念了，然后我们谈谈所列举的缺点。”她高兴地说。

Quietly the husband stated, "I don't he anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way that you are. I don't want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn't want to try and change anything about you."

丈夫平静地说：“我什么也没写，我觉得像你这样就很完美了，我不想让你为我改变什么。你很可爱迷人，我不想让你改变。”

The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.

妻子被丈夫的诚实和对她深深的爱和接纳感动了，她转过头去哭起来。

In life, there are enough times when we are disointed, depressed and annoyed. We don't really he to go looking for them. We he a wonderful world that is full of beauty, light and promise. Why waste time in this world looking for the bad, disointing or annoying when we can look around us, and see the wondrous things before us?

生命中我们有很多的失望、沮丧和烦恼，我们根本不需要寻找。我们美妙的世界充满了美丽、光明、希望。但是，当我们放眼四周时，为什么浪费时间寻找不快、失望和烦恼，而看不到我们面前的美好事物呢？

英文小故事短篇儿童简单10篇

A mouse once took a bite out of a bull's tail as he lay dozing. The bull jumped up in a rage and, with his head low to the ground, chased the mouse right across the yard. The mouse was too quick for him, however, and slipped easily into a hole in the wall.

The bull charged the wall furiously again and again, but although he bruised his head and chipped his horns, the mouse stayed safely inside his hole. After a time the bull ge up and sank down to rest again.

As soon as the bull was asleep, the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole, pattered across the yard, bit the bull again -- this time on the nose -- and rushed back to safety. As the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked:

"It's not always the big people who come off best. Sometimes the small ones win, you know."

老鼠和公牛

有一次，公牛躺着打盹，一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴。公牛怒气冲冲地跳起来，低着头追老鼠，一直追过院子。然而，老鼠跑得比他快多了，从容地钻到墙洞里去了。

公牛一次又一次地猛撞墙壁，尽管头撞肿了，角撞裂了，老鼠却安然待在洞里。过了一会儿，公牛不撞了，倒下歇着。

公牛刚睡着，小老鼠就爬到洞口，嗒嗒地跑过院子，又咬了公牛一口 这回咬了鼻子 又跑回安全的地方去。当公牛毫无办法地吼叫时，老鼠吱吱叫道：

"大人物并不总占上风。有时小人物也会取胜。"

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 fled from room to room, shrieking and screaming with hiness. 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 don't know what you do around here, but I know my job. My master bought me for my voice and I'm going to make sure he hears it."

Different people are valued for different things.

鹦鹉和猫

从前，有人买了一只毛色鲜艳的鹦鹉。他没有把鹦鹉关在笼子里，也没有用链条把他拴在栖木上，而让他在家里自由自在地飞来飞去。鹦鹉对此非常高兴，扑动翅膀，从一间屋子飞到另一间屋子，愉快地尖声叫着，最后停在华丽的帷幔的边上。

"你到底是谁？"从下面传来怒气冲冲的说话声，"马上住嘴，别发出那难听的声音。"

鹦鹉看见地毯上有一只猫抬头看着他。

"我是鹦鹉。 我刚到，我要使劲地吵吵。"他说。 "那你就一声不响吧，"鹦鹉欢快地说，"我不知道你在这儿干什么，可我知道我的活儿。主人为了我的声音才买我，我一定得让他听到。"

不同的人因有不同的特点而受重视。

A man once had four sons who never stopped quarrelling with one another. He was always telling them how much easier life would be if they worked together but they took absolutely no notice of him. One day he decided to show them what he meant.

He called all the sons together and put a tightly tied bundle of sticks on the floor in front of them.

"Can you break that " he asked the youngest son. The boy put his knee on the bundle but though he pressed and pulled with his arms he could not bend the wood. The father asked each son in turn to try to break the bundle, but none of them could do it .

Then he untied the string and scattered the sticks.

" Now try, " he said . The boys broke the sticks easily in their hands.

"Do you see what I mean" asked the father. "if only you stand together no one can hurt you . If you all disagree the whole time and insist on going your separate ways, the first enemy you meet will be able to destroy you. "

United we stand ; divided we fall.

一捆树枝

从前有一个人，他有四个儿子。儿子们不断地争吵。他一再告诫他们说，如果他们一起干活儿，生活会舒适得多，但他们丝毫不理会他的意见。有一天，他决定通过示范把自己的意思告诉他们。

他把四个儿子都叫来，又把一捆扎得很紧的细树枝放在他们面前的地上。

"你能折断这个吗？"他问最小的儿子。小伙子用膝盖顶住，两只手又压又拉，都不能把那捆树枝弄弯。父亲让别的儿子挨个儿试试，看他们是否能把那捆树枝折断，但谁也做不到。

然后，他解开绳子，把树枝撒开。

"试试吧。"他说。四个小伙子用手轻轻一撅，树枝就断了。

"你们明白我的意思了吗？"父亲问，"只要你们联合起来，谁也不能伤害你们。如果你们老吵架，一定要各行其是，那么你们一遇到敌人，就会被打败。"

合则存，分则败。

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 come with his dogs I shall be too busy running away to he time for this . So let me sharpen my tusks while I can."

Be prepared .

野猪和狐狸

有一天，野猪在树上磨牙齿，狐狸走过来。

"你为什么干这个呀？"狐狸问，"附近又没有猎人，我觉得平安无事。"

"不错，"野猪说，"但是，如果猎人真的带着猎狗来了，我只能逃走，就没工夫干这个了。趁我现在可以磨，就让我磨磨牙齿吧。"

时刻准备着（有备无患）

Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake .

People came from far and near to see what would hen.

"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 eared in the mountain. And out popped ---- a mouse.

Just because someone makes a lot of fuss, it doesn't mean he is important.

山

很久以前，一座大山隆隆作响，摇晃起来。远近各处的人都来看是怎么回事。

一个人说："要出现一条大河了。"

另一个人说："准会出现一条巨龙。"

第三个人说："从这些岩石中会出现一尊神来。"

等了几天之后，山坡上终于裂开一条小缝，却蹦出来一只耗子。

正因为某人大肆张扬，所以他没有什么了不起

Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake .

People came from far and near to see what would hen.

"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 eared in the mountain. And out popped ---- a mouse.

Just because someone makes a lot of fuss, it doesn't mean he is important.

山

很久以前，一座大山隆隆作响，摇晃起来。远近各处的人都来看是怎么回事。

一个人说："要出现一条大河了。"

另一个人说："准会出现一条巨龙。"

第三个人说："从这些岩石中会出现一尊神来。"

等了几天之后，山坡上终于裂开一条小缝，却蹦出来一只耗子。

正因为某人大肆张扬，所以他没有什么了不起

Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake .

People came from far and near to see what would hen.

"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 eared in the mountain. And out popped ---- a mouse.

Just because someone makes a lot of fuss, it doesn't mean he is important.

山

很久以前，一座大山隆隆作响，摇晃起来。远近各处的人都来看是怎么回事。

一个人说："要出现一条大河了。"

另一个人说："准会出现一条巨龙。"

第三个人说："从这些岩石中会出现一尊神来。"

等了几天之后，山坡上终于裂开一条小缝，却蹦出来一只耗子。

正因为某人大肆张扬，所以他没有什么了不起。

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求一个简单易懂的英文哲理小故事

#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 分享的英文小故事短篇儿童简单10篇。欢迎阅读参考！

1.英文小故事短篇儿童简单

the hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "i he 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 he 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。

2.英文小故事短篇儿童简单

One morning when a vixen was taking her babies out of the lair, she saw a lioness and her cub.

　Why do you he only one child, dear dame? asked the vixen.

　Look at my healthy and numerous children here, and imagine, if you are able, how a proud mother should feel.

　The lioness said calmly, Yes, just look at that beautiful collection. What are they? Foxes! Ive only one, but remember, that one is a lion.

　一天清早，雌狐狸带着她的孩子走出巢穴，看见了母狮子和她的孩子。

　为什么你只有一个孩子，夫人?雌狐狸问，看我这群健康的孩子，如果有能力，一个骄傲的妈妈应该多养一些孩子。

　母狮平静地说：是呀，看看这漂亮的一大群，他们都是狐狸!我只有一个，可他毕竟是一头狮子。

　贵重的价值在于质，而不在于量。

3.英文小故事短篇儿童简单

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 sed 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。

4.英文小故事短篇儿童简单

There was a sturdy ram with a pair of thick horns upright on its head.

　It strutted about proudly and saw a fence built with bamboo and wood in front, which blocked its way. It cast a sidelong glance at the fence, lowered its neck and lunged at the fence, hoping to knock it down. The fence remained intact but the ram injured its own horns.

　If it had not injured its horns, the ram would he persisted obstinately in butting against the fence, even against the spokes of a wheel until it bled with a fractured skull.

　As a result, with its horns caught in the fence, the ram could neither advance nor retreat butbleat helplessly.

　一头长得非常雄壮的公羊的头上，挺立着一对粗大的犄角。

　公羊骄傲地踱着步，看见前面有一道竹木编成的篱笆挡住了它的去路。公羊斜着眼睛看看，便弯下脖子呼的一声撞上去，想把篱笆撞倒。结果篱笆纹丝不动，它反把自己的犄角碰伤了。

　如公羊没有碰伤犄角的话，那么它还会一个劲儿地撞下去，甚至向车轮的辐条上撞去，直到头破血流为止。

　结果呢?公羊的犄角被篱笆夹住，进也不得，退也不得，只能“咩咩”不停地叫唤。

5.英文小故事短篇儿童简单

The Sports Meeting in the Forest

　There are many animals in the forest. Today is a fine day. Animals are hing a sport meeting.

　Monkey, Fox, Panda, Rabbit and Bear are running. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and Monkey are the second. Bear is the third. The other animals are shouting, “Bear! Come on! Bear! Come on!” And look there, Duck and Pig are doing high jump. Pig is too fat, he can’t jump very high. So Duck is the champion. Here! Cat and Squirrel are climbing a tree. Cat is ill. So he is the last, but he does his best.

　This sports meeting is wonderful. The animals are very hy!

　森林里有很多动物。

　今天天气晴朗，小动物要举行运动会。小猴子，狐狸，兔子和小熊在赛跑。看!小兔子得了第一，狐狸和猴子得了第二，小熊得了第三。小动物们都在叫喊：“小熊，加油!小熊，加油!”看那儿，小鸭和小猪在比赛跳高。小猪太胖了，成绩不太理想，所有小鸭得了冠军。看这里!小猫和小松鼠在比赛爬树，小猫生病了，没能拿冠军，但它全力以赴了。

　运动会可真棒，小动物们多开心啊!

6.英文小故事短篇儿童简单

One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very hy with the meat in his mouth. At that time, a fox saw the crow with the meat, so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However, whatever the fox said to the crow, the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crows beautiful voice, the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon as the meat fell down to the ground, the fox took the meat and went into his hole.

　有一天, 一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里非常高兴。这时候，一只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，非常想得到那片肉。但是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最后，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音美，并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。没想到，肉一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻回了洞。

7.英文小故事短篇儿童简单

Little boy and scorpion son

　There is a child in front of city wall to catch the grasshopper， and in a short while caught the lots of。Suddenly see a scorpion son， he to think is also grasshopper，

　Then two go to catch him。The scorpion son raises his poison to stab， say:" e， if you really dare to do like this， connect your grasshopper that catch to also would entirely lose。"

　This story warns people， and want to distinguish the pure good man with the bad person， and distinct to treat them。

　小男孩与蝎子

　有个小孩在城墙前捉蚱蜢，一会儿就捉了许多。忽然看见一只蝎子，他以为也是蚱蜢，

　便着两手去捕捉他。蝎子举起他的毒 刺，说道：“来吧，如果你真敢这样做，就连你捉的蚱蜢也会统统失掉。”

　这故事告诫人们，要分辨清好人和坏人，区别对待他们。

8.英文小故事短篇儿童简单

Once there were three foxes, they worked together. They lived a hy life.

　Little by little, the youngest fox became lazy, and often quarreled with the other foxes. The eldest had to lee, and the second fox was driven off, too.

　Looking at the warm house with a lot of good food in it, the youngest fox smiled.

　The eldest fox opened a new hill again.

　The second eldest fox dug a pool. Two of them because rich soon.

　The youngest fox ate up the food left by the other two foxes. In the end it felt so cold and hungry that it could not stand up.

　从前有三只狐狸，他们愉快地工作和居住在一起。

　最小的狐狸又懒又坏，经常同其他的两只狐狸争吵，气走了它的大哥和二哥。

　最小的狐狸得意地住在温暖的房子里享受着丰富的食品。

　老大重新开了一块小山坡种地。

　老二挖了池塘，不久他们过上了富裕的生活。

　最小的狐狸吃完了那些狐狸留下的所有食物，最后又冷又饿连站也站不起来。

9.英文小故事短篇儿童简单

One day an old man is selling a big elephant. A young man comes to the elephant and begins to look at it slowly. The old man goes up to him and says in his ear,

　一天，一位老人正在卖一头大象。一位年轻人来到大象跟前慢慢的观察着。老人上前在年轻人耳边轻语，

　“Don’t say anything about the elephant before I sell it; then I will give you some meat.”

　“在我把大象卖出去之前你一句话也不要说，那么我会给你一些肉。”

　“All right.” says the young man.

　“好的。”那位年轻人说。

　After the old man sells the elephant, he gives the young man some meat and says, “How can you see the bad ears of the elephant?”

　老人卖出大象之后，他给了年轻人一些肉然后说，“你是怎么看到大象的坏耳朵的?”

　“I didn’t see the bad ears,” says the young man.

　“我没有看到坏耳朵，”年轻人说。

　“Then why do you look at the elephant slowly?” asks the old man.

　“那你为什么要慢慢地看着大象?”老人问。

　The young man answers, “Because I he never seen an elephant before, and I want to know what it looks like.”

　年轻人回答：“因为我之前从没见过大象，我想知道它长什么样子。”

10.英文小故事短篇儿童简单

Once a man wanted to go to the south, but his carriage was heading north. A passer-by asked him: “If you are going to the south, why is your chariot heading north? ” The man answered, “My horse is good at running, my driver is highly skilled at driving a carriage, and I he enough money. ” The man didn't consider that the direction might be wrong; the better his conditions were, the further he was away from his destination.

　从前有个人要到南方去，他坐的车子却向北方行驶。过路人说：“你去南方，车子怎么向北行驶呢？”他回答说：“我的马很能跑路，我的车夫驾车的技术也很高明，加上我又带了充足的路费。”这个人没有考虑到，方向弄反了，他的条件越好，离他要去的地方就越远。

　The idiom derived from this story indicates that one's action was the opposite effect to one's intention.

　后来人们就把这个故事概括为“南辕北辙”，比喻一个人的行为和他的目的正好相反。

一分钟富有哲理性的英语小故事

The Fox and the Grapes

One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: "I am sure they are sour."

故事内容：

炎热的夏天里，一只狐貍在果园漫步 （One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard），看到一串熟透的葡萄沿著藤蔓高挂在上 （till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch.）。「解渴就靠这个了。」他这麼说著 （"Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he）。退了几步之後，他往前又跑又跳的 （Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump），可惜没搆到那串葡萄 （and just missed the bunch），往後再退了几步，一、二、三，往上一跳 （Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up），还是没有构到那串葡萄 （but with no greater success.）。他试了又试，只希望吃口诱人的葡萄 （Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel），可最後还是放弃了（but at last had to give it up），最後离开，鼻子嗅了嗅说 （and walked away with his nose in the air, saying）：「葡萄太酸了 （"I am sure they are sour."）。」

The moral is that：It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

(要鄙视得不到的东西，可真容易呢。)

人生多了酸的滋味，永远比连酸都没嚐过的人生来的圆满。

1.stroll （vi.）：散步

2.orchard （nc.）：果园

3.a bunch of ：一串

4.ripen （vi.）：变成熟，变鲜美

5.vine （nc.）：藤蔓

6.train （vt.）：让植物沿著一定的方向生长

7.lofty （adj.）：很高的

8.quench （vt.）：压抑；解渴

9.quoth （vt.）：说（文言）

10.morsel （nc.）：一口

有哲理的英语小故事

The Dog And The Shadow 狗和它的影子

A DOG, crossing a bridge over a stream with a piece of flesh in his mouth, saw his own shadow in the water, and took it for that of another Dog, with a piece of meat double his own in size. He therefore let go his own, and fiercely attacked the other Dog, to get his larger piece from him. He thus lost both: that which he grasped at in the water, because it was a shadow; and his own, because the stream swept it away.

一条狗嘴里叼块肉,来到一座桥上.它看见水里有自己的影子, 以为是另一条嘴里也叼着一块比自己那块肉大一倍的狗.它忙丢下自己嘴里的那块肉,猛力地攻击水里的狗.试图去抢它的肉.结果,它两块肉都得不到. 因为那只是一个影子,它自己的影子而已.真正的肉也被水冲走了.

Which do you find more important, money or friends?

B: Friends, of course.

A: Why?

B: I can always borrow money from friends.

钱和朋友

甲：你认为钱和朋友哪一个更重要？

乙：当然是朋友。

甲：为什么？

乙：我总可以从朋友那儿借到钱

.THE ANT AND THE DOVE

蚂蚁和鸽子

One hot day, an ant was searching for some water. After walking around for some time, she came to a spring.

To reach the spring, she had to climb up a blade of grass. While making her way up, she slipped and fell into the water.

She could he drowned if a dove up a nearby tree had not seen her. Seeing that the ant was in trouble, the dove quickly plucked off a leaf and dropped it into the water near the struggling ant. The ant moved towards the leaf and climbed up there. Soon it carried her safely to dry ground.

Just at that time, a hunter nearby was throwing out his net towards the dove, hoping to trap it.

Guessing what he was about to do, the ant quickly bit him on the heel. Feeling the pain, the hunter dropped his net. The dove was quick to fly away to safety.

MORAL: One good turn deserves another.

2.A Simple Gesture 举手之劳

Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed the boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a small tape recorder. Mark knelt down and helped the boy pick up the scattered articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden. As they walked Mark discovered the boy's name was Bill, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and that he was hing lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend. They arrived at Bill's home first and Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mark went home. They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years. Finally the long awaited senior year came and three weeks before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.

Bill reminded him of the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker because I didn't want to lee a mess for anyone else. I had stored away some of my mothers sleeping pills and I was going home to commit . But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I had killed myself, I would he missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more, you sed my life."

-John W. Schlatter (true story)

Willful Child

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Once upon a time there was a child who was willful and did not do what his mother wanted. For this reason God was displeased with him and caused him to become ill, and no doctor could help him, and in a short time he lay on his deathbed.

He was lowered into a gre and covered with earth, but his little arm suddenly came forth and reached up, and it didn't help when they put it back in and put fresh earth over it, for the little arm always came out again. So the mother herself had to go to the gre and beat the little arm with a switch, and as soon as she had done that, it withdrew, and the child finally came to rest beneath the earth.

从前有个非常任性的小孩,她从不听母亲的话,上帝对此很不高兴,让她得了医生谁也治不好她的病,很快她就踏上了黄泉之路。人们把她的尸体放入了墓穴,然后向她身上撒泥土,但突然她的一只手臂伸了出来,向上举着。人们把她的手臂又塞了进去,继续撒泥土,但她的手臂又伸了出来。对此她母亲也无计可施,只得走下墓穴,用棍子在那手臂上敲了一下,它这才缩了进去,这样小女孩总算在地下安静地长眠了

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