英文小故事短篇儿童简单10篇

#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。

英语哲理小小故事

英文哲理故事:财富、成功和爱

Wealth Success and Love

A woman came out of her house and saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said, "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and he something to eat."

"Is the man of the house home?", they asked. "No", she replied, "He's out." "Then we cannot come in", they replied. In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had hened. "Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a House together," they replied. "Why is that?" she asked.

One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, "and he is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of us you want in your home."

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!" His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion: "Wouldn't it be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love." "Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest."

The woman went out and asked the three old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest."

Love got up and started walking toward the house.

The other two also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?"

The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would he stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!"

三个白须飘然的老人坐在妇人家院前歇脚，三人中，一个是“财富”，一个是“成功”，一个是“爱”。妇人邀请他们进屋，三个老者笑呵呵地谢了她，身子却没动。

妇人惑然。三个老人说：“我们不能同时进屋呀！不过，你可以去和你的家人商量，看你们最需要我们中的哪一个。”

妇人便进屋把老人的话说了。丈夫惊喜道：“既然如此，我们就邀请财富老人吧，请他进来，让我们的屋里装满财富！”

妇人不同意：“亲爱的，我们为什么不邀请成功老人呢？做一切事情都能成功，那感觉会有多好！”

这时候，儿媳插嘴进来，说：“我们还是邀请爱吧，让我们的家时时处处都充满爱。”

“那我们就听儿媳的吧！”一对夫妇朝儿媳点点头。

于是妇人出门，邀请爱的老人进屋作客。谁知爱的老人起身，成功老人和财富老人也都跟在后面。妇人感到惊讶：“我们邀请的是‘爱’，你们两位怎么也一起来了？”

三个老人乐了：“哪里有爱，哪里就有财富和成功！”

上帝的咖啡

God's Coffee

一群事业有成的同学回去看望他们的大学老师，很快他们开始抱怨生活和工作中的压力。

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

老师去厨房为客人们准备咖啡，回来时端着一大壶咖啡和各式各样的杯子，这些杯子有陶瓷的、塑料的、玻璃的、水晶的，有的普通，有的昂贵，有的精致，老师让大家随意享用。

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen

and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups - porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking,

some expensive, some exquisite - telling them to help themselves to the coffee.

等每个人都端起一杯咖啡，老师说话了：你们注意到吗：所有好看昂贵的杯子都被用了，剩下那些朴素便宜的杯子。你们都只想要最好的，这很正常，这恰恰是你们的问题和压力所在。杯子不会让咖啡的质量变得更好，很多时候，只是让它变得更贵一些，甚至，有时候，让人忽略了到底我们在喝什么。你们真正想要的其实是咖啡，不是杯子，但你们有意识地去拿那些最好的杯子，随后开始打量其他人手上的杯子。想想吧：生活好比咖啡，工作、金钱和社会地位都只是杯子，只是生活的容器，而我们拥有的杯子既无法定义、也无法改变我们生活的质量。有时，由于我们只关心杯子，我们甚至不能够好好品尝上帝赐予我们的咖啡。

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,

leing behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your

problems and stress.

Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. In

most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you

consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing

each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the coffee; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we he does not define,

nor change the quality of Life we live.

Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us."

上帝冲泡了咖啡，不是杯子。······享受你们的咖啡吧。

God brews the coffee, not the cups.......... Enjoy your coffee!

最快乐的人们并不是因为他们拥有最好的一切，他们只是把一切当成最好。

"The hiest people don't he the best of everything. They just

make the best of everything."

简单地活着。仁慈地爱着。深深地关心着。友善地说话。

其他的，就留给上帝吧。

Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Lee the rest to God

有哲理的英语小故事（两分钟左右就好，带翻译）

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，一只狐狸在果园漫步 （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）。退了几步之后，他往前又跑又跳的 （Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump），可惜没构到那串葡萄 （and just missed the bunch），往后再退了几步，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），可最后还是放弃了（but at last had to give it up），最后离开，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，永远比连酸都没尝过的人生来的圆满。

望纳~(*^__^*) 嘻嘻……

十篇英语哲理小故事三十字

In the Three Kingdoms Period (220-280), Cao Cao was once on a campaign during

which his men failed to find any water. Cao Cao told them: "There are plum trees

ahead. The sweet and sour plums will relieve your thirst." Hearing this, the

soldiers thought of the plums and their mouths watered. This cured their thirst.

三国时代，有一次曹操带领军队去打仗。在行军的路上，找不到水源，士兵们都感到口渴难忍。曹操想出一个计策，指着前面一片树林说：“那里就是一大片梅林，树上的梅子又甜又酸，可以解渴。”士兵们听了，想起梅子的酸味，一个个都留出了口水，再也不觉的口渴了。

This idiom means to comfort oneself with

fantasy.

“望梅止渴”这个成语比喻用空想来安慰自己。

(*^__^*) 嘻嘻……，希望能够帮得到你哦~~

如果满意我的回答的话，请纳为满意答案哦

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有哲理的英文小故事，拿来做演讲的。高一水平

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 he 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."

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）

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。

。

懒驴

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

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 bre. 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 he 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。”

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