英语寓言小故事25篇

英语寓言小故事25篇
英语寓言小故事（一）：
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 gave 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 e 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，一向追过院子。

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。

"
英语寓言小故事（二）：
On a vacation trip，Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi ，which perished long ago。

Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles，collapsed walls，and clusters of weeds，he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi。

They replied，"Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds，and averse to evildoing，which led to the perdition。

"
When the Duke could not understand the answer，people explained ，" Though he liked doing good，he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing，never could he help not participating。

That caused the ruin of his capital。

"
郭氏之墟
齐桓公出游途中，来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟。

看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象，忍不住问当地百姓郭氏灭亡的原因。

百姓们回答说："郭氏由于喜爱善行善事。

厌恶邪恶丑行而导致灭亡。

"
齐桓公不能理解这种回答，百姓们便解释说："郭氏虽然喜爱善行善事，但从来都不能做到;尽管厌恶邪恶丑行，却总是忍不住参与其中。

这就是他的都城变成废墟的原因。

"
英语寓言小故事（三）：
Making His Mark
A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly。

Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped，hoping to find it later。

When the boat stopped moving，he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat。

As we know，the boat had moved but the sword had not。

Isn't this a very foolish way to look for a sword?
刻舟求剑
楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不细心把自我的一把宝剑掉落江中。

他立刻掏出一把小刀，在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。

船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。

他怎样找得到宝剑呢？船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。

像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。

英语寓言小故事（四）：
The miser and his gold Once upon a time there was a miser。

He hid his gold under a tree。

Every week he used to dig it up。

One night a robber stole all the gold。

When the miser came again，he found nothing but an empty hole。

He was surprised，and then burst into tears。

All the neighbors gathered around him。

He told them how he used to e and visit his gold。

"Did you ever take any of it out?" asked one of them。

"No，" he said，"I only came to look at it。

" "Then e again and look at the hole，" said the neighbor，"it will be the same as looking at the gold。

"
守财奴
从前，有个守财奴将他的金块埋到一棵树下，每周他都去把他挖出来看看。

一天晚上，一个小偷挖走了所有的金块。

守财奴再来查看时，发现除了一个空洞什么都没有了。

守财奴便捶胸痛哭。

哭声引来了邻居
他告诉他们那里原先有他的金块。

问明了原因后，一个邻居问：“你使用过这些金块吗?”“没用过，”他说，“我只是时常来看看。

”“那么，以后再来看这个洞，”邻居说，“就像以前有金块时一样。

”
英语寓言小故事（五）：
The City Mouse and the Country Mouse
Once there were two mice。

They were friends。

One mouse lived in the country; the other mouse lived in the city。

After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse; he said，"Do e and see me at my house in the country。

" So the City mouse went。

The City mouse said，"This food is not good，and your house is not good。

Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should e and live in the city。

You would live in a nice house made of stone。

You would have nice food to eat。

You must e and see me at my house in the city。

"
The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse。

It was a very good house。

Nice food was set ready for them to eat。

But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise。

The City mouse cried，" Run! Run! The cat is ing!" They ran away quickly and hid。

After some time they came out。

When they came out，the Country mouse said，"I do not like living in the city。

I like living in my hole in the field。

For it is nicer to be poor and happy，than to be rich and afraid。

"
城里老鼠和乡下老鼠
从前，有两只老鼠，它们是好朋友。

一只老鼠居住在乡村，另一只住在城里。

很多年以后，乡下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它说：“你必须要来我乡下的家看看。

”于是，城里老鼠就去了。

乡下老鼠领着它到了一块田地上它自我的家里。

它把所有最精美食物都找出来给城里老鼠。

城里老鼠说：“这东西不好吃，你的家也不好，你为什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你应当搬到城里去住，你能住上用石头造的漂亮房子，还会吃上美味佳肴，你应当到我城里的家看看。

”
乡下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。

房子十分漂亮，好吃的东西也为他们摆好了。

可是正当他们要开始吃的时候，听见很大的一阵响声，城里的老鼠叫喊起来：“快跑！快跑！猫来了！”他们飞快地跑开躲藏起来。

过了一会儿，他们出来了。

当他们出来时，乡下老鼠说：“我不喜欢住在城里，我喜欢住在田野我的洞里。

因为这样虽然贫穷可是欢乐自在，比起虽然富有却要过着提心吊胆的生活来说，要好些。

英语寓言小故事（六）：
A Man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance，sat down together to eat。

The day being
wintry and cold，the Man put his fingers to his mouse and blew opon them。

"What's that for，my friend?" asked the Satyr。

" My hands are so cold，" said the Man，"I do it to warm them。

" In a little while some hot food was placed before them，and the Man，raising the dish to his mouse，again blew opon it。

"And what's the meaning of that，now?" said the Satyr。

"Oh，" replied the Man，"my porridge is so hot，I do it to cool it。

" "Nay，then，" said the Satyr，"from this moment I renounce your friendship，for I will have nothing to do with one who blows hot and cold with the same mouse。

"
一个人与赛特偶然相识，坐在一齐吃东西。

正值冬季，天气很冷，那人把手放在嘴边哈气。

赛特问道“我的朋友，那是干吗?”这人说“我的手太冷了，这是为了取暖”。

过了一会儿，热腾腾的食物端上来了，那人把碟子举到嘴边又吹了起来，赛特问“这又是干吗?”，那人说“哦，我的粥太烫了，我把他吹凉些”。

赛特说“从此刻起，我要与你绝交，因为我不想和一个反复无常的人做朋友”。

英语寓言小故事（七）：
Drop at the fox in the well with the 公goat
An only the fox take a wrong stepped the well，in spite of how he struggle can not still climb up，and have to be foolish there。

The 公goat feels
Thirsty pole，arrive at this well the side，and see the fox under the well，and then ask him the well water the how about it to drink?The fox feels the opportunity to e，heart inside The 暗pleaseds，right away the town quiet down，make every effort the laudation well water good drink，say this water is a world the first spring，pure and sweet and good to eat，and advise the goat to hurry up
Come down，and drink to heart's content with him。

A the heart think only of to drink the water letter to think the true goat，then the without stopping to think ground jump downed to go to，and be his 咕咚咕the 咚painful
After finishing drinking，have to with the fox together totally the pany ascend the well's way。

Fox early contain preparation，he to archly say:" I pour to have a
Method。

You pick with forepaw on the well wall，again Cape 竖直，I behind carry on the back to jump up the well to go to from you，and pull you again to e up，we all
Save。

" the 公goat agreed his proposal，fox to trample the feet of his empress，and jump he carry top on his back，and then make an effort from the Cape a
Jump，jump outed the mouth of a well。

The fox go ups the hereafter，and the preparation alone escape。

The 公goat blames the fox and does not keep the 诺speech。

The fox returns overdo
Say to 公goat:" hello，friend，beard that you of brains if resemble you are so perfect，you not to the extent of at did not see the pure exit it
Front blindly jump down to go to。

"
This story elucidation，cleverness of the person should to in advance think it over the affair's result，then just go to do。

掉在井里的狐狸和公山羊
一只狐狸失足掉到了井里，不论他如何挣扎仍没法爬上去，只好呆在那里。

公山羊觉得
口渴极了，来到这井边，看见狐狸在井下，便问他井水好不好喝？狐狸觉得机会来了，心中暗喜，立刻镇静下来，极力赞美井水好喝，说这水是天下第一泉，清甜爽口，并劝山羊赶快下来，与他痛饮。

一心只想喝水信以为真的山羊，便不假思索地跳了下去，当他咕咚咕咚痛饮完后，就不得不与狐狸一齐共商上井的办法。

狐狸早有准备，他狡猾地说：“我倒有一个
方法。

你用前脚扒在井墙上，再把角竖直了，我从你后背跳上井去，再拉你上来，我们就都得救了。

”公山羊同意了他的提议，狐狸踩着他的后脚，跳到他背上，然后再从角上用力一
跳，跳出了井口。

狐狸上去以后，准备独自逃离。

公山羊指责狐狸不信守诺言。

狐狸回过头对公山羊说：“喂，朋友，你的头脑如果像你的胡须那样完美，你就不至于在没看清出口之
前就盲目地跳下去。

”
这故事说明，聪明的人应当事先研究清楚事情的结果，然后才去做。

英语寓言小故事（八）：
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。

英语寓言小故事（九）：
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。

英语寓言小故事（十）：
The Wolf and the Lamba
Wolf，meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold，resolved not to lay violent hands on him，but to find some plea，which should justify to the Lamb himself his right to eat him。

He thus addressed him:"Sirrah，last year you grossly insulted me。

" "Indeed，" bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice，"I was not then born。

" Then said the Wolf，"You feed in my pasture。

"
"No，good sir，" replied the Lamb，"I have not yet tasted grass。

" Again said the Wolf，"You drink of my well。

" "No，" exclaimed the Lamb，"I never yet drank water，for as yet my mother′s milk is both food and drink to me。

" On which the Wolf seized him，and ate him up，saying，"Well! I won′t remain supperless，even though you refute every one of my imputations。

"The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny。

狼和小羊
一只狼瞧见一只迷路失群的小羊，决定暂缓下毒手，想先找一些理由，对小羊证明自我有吃它的权利。

它就说：「小鬼!你去年以往骂过我。

」小羊可怜地说：「老实说，我去年还没有出生呢。

」狼再说：「你在我的草地上吃过草。

」
小羊回答说：「不，好先生，我还未曾尝过草的味道呢。

」狼又说：「你喝过我井里的水。

」小羊叫道：「不，我从没有喝过水，因为直到今日为止，我都是吃着母亲的奶汁。

」狼一听这话，便抓住它，把它吃下去，便说：「好!即使你驳倒我每一句话，我终究要吃晚餐的!」暴君总有他暴行的借口。

英语寓言小故事（十一）：
Wolf and egret
The wolf mistake swallowed a piece of bone，very suffered，running about，look for to visit the
doctor everywhere。

He met the egret，and talk to settle the service fees to invite him to take out the bone，egret to stretch in the wolf's throat the own head，and the 叼outs bone，then toward to settle the good service fees wolfThe wolf answer says:" hello，friend，you can since the wolf 嘴take back the head in the peace ground，and the difficult way return the dissatisfied foot，and how and still speak the guerdon?"
This story elucidation，guerdon badly person act charitably，and is a bad person of cognition and does not speak the reputation's innate character。

狼与鹭鸶
狼误吞下了一块骨头，十分难受，四处奔走，寻访医生。

他遇见了鹭鸶，谈定酬金请他取出骨头，鹭鸶把自我的头伸进狼的喉咙里，叼出了骨头，便向狼要定好的酬金。

狼回答说：“喂，朋友，你能从狼嘴里平安无事地收回头来，难道还不满足，怎样还要讲报酬？”
这故事说明，对坏人行善的报酬，就是认识坏人不讲信用的本质。

英语寓言小故事（十二）：
Fox is with the grape
Hungry of the fox see the grape to up hang the radiant and extremely keen grape of a string，saliva direct current，and want to pick to eat，but again
Can not take off。

See in a short while，helplessly walked，and his side walk the side oneself to fort to by oneself say:" this grape have noes familiar，affirmative
Is sour。

"
This is to say，and the some person's ability is small，and do to not acplish anything，borrow to say the opportune moment immaturity。

狐狸和葡萄
饥饿的狐狸看见葡萄架上挂着一串串晶莹剔透的葡萄，口水直流，想要摘下来吃，但又
摘不到。

看了一会儿，无可奈何地走了，他边走边自我安慰自我说：“这葡萄没有熟，肯定
是酸的。

”
这就是说，有些人本事小，做不成事，就借口说时机未成熟。

英语寓言小故事（十三）：
Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It
Long long ago，several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself。

So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the 412 ground and the man who finished first would have the wine。

One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to
drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing，so he decided to draw the feet to the snake。

However，before he could finish the feet，another man finished and grabbed the jar from him，saying，"Who has ever seen a snake with feet?”The story of "Draw a snake and add feet to It。

”tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough。

画蛇添足
古时几个人分一壶酒。

他们都想独自喝完那壶酒，所以就定了一个规矩：每人在地上画一条蛇，谁画得最快，这壶酒就归谁。

有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。

他正打算喝这壶酒时，看见别人都还在忙着画，就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。

结果，他的'蛇脚还没加完，另一个人已经把蛇画好了。

那人一下把酒壶夺了过去，说：“有谁见过长脚的蛇?”。

这个故事告诉我们这样的道理：做得过分和做得不够都是不对的。

英语寓言小故事（十四）：
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。

"
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。

所以，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，并且还愿意为你效劳，可是，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。

”
英语寓言小故事（十五）：
Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell
Once upon a time，there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor’s doorbell。

However，he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people’s attention as long as he touched
the bell。

So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever “idea”。

He plugged his ears with something，thinking that everything would go well when he stole the bell。

Unfortunately to his disappointment，the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief。

掩耳盗铃
从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，可是他明白一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人发现。

他想啊想，最终他想出一个“妙极”，他把自我的耳朵用东西塞起来，就听不见铃声了。

可是当他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住。

英语寓言小故事（十六）：
Three Good Friends
One day，a monkey rides his bike near the river。

This time he sees a lion under a tree。

The lion runs at him。

He is afraid and falls into the river。

He can’t swim。

He shouts。

The rabbit hears him。

He jumps into the river。

The rabbit swims to the monkey，but he can’t help him。

Luckily，an elephant es along。

He is very strong。

He helps the rabbit and monkey。

Three friends are very happy。

They go to the elephant’s home。

Then，three of them bee good friends。

三个好朋友
一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。

这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。

他十分的害怕，掉进河里。

他不会游泳，大叫起来。

兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。

幸运的是，一只大象过来了。

大象十分强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。

他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。

从此他们成了好朋友。

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英语寓言小故事（十七）：
The Hippo and I
A hippo lives in the zoo。

I like him very much。

I often go to see him。

He often thinks of me，too。

Today is Sunday。

It is fine day。

I go to see him again。

After I leave the zoo，he follows me to my house。

I give him lettuce，cabbages，bananas，apples and other food。

He eats them up。

When I sing songs，he stays in the pool。

He is as quite as a rabbit。

In the evening，he jumps onto my bed with me。

My mum tells him to go home。

He has to pack his bag and go back to the zoo。

My mum lets me see him every week。

我与河马
河马住在动物园里，我很喜欢他。

他经常去看它，他也经常想我。

今日是星期日，是个好天气，我又一次去看望它。

在我离开动物园之后，他跟随到我的家。

我给
他莴苣、生菜、香蕉、苹果和其他食物。

他都吃了。

当我唱歌是，它待在水池里，像兔子一样安静。

晚上，他跳到床上同我睡觉在一齐睡。

妈妈要它回家。

它不得不背起包回到动物园。

妈妈允许我每周去看它。

英语寓言小故事（十八）：
A Man and a Satyr having struck up an acquaintance，sat down together to eat。

The day being wintry and cold，the Man put his fingers to his mouse and blew opon them。

"What's that for，my friend?" asked the Satyr。

" My hands are so cold，" said the Man，"I do it to warm them。

" In a little while some hot food was placed before them，and the Man，raising the dish to his mouse，again blew opon it。

"And what's the meaning of that，now?" said the Satyr。

"Oh，" replied the Man，"my porridge is so hot，I do it to cool it。

" "Nay，then，" said the Satyr，"from this moment I renounce your friendship，for I will have nothing to do with one who blows hot and cold with the same mouse。

"
一个人与赛特偶然相识，坐在一齐吃东西。

正值冬季，天气很冷，那人把手放在嘴边哈气。

赛特问道“我的朋友，那是干吗？”这人说“我的手太冷了，这是为了取暖”。

过了一会儿，热腾腾的食物端上来了，那人把碟子举到嘴边又吹了起来，赛特问“这又是干吗？”，那人说“哦，我的粥太烫了，我把他吹凉些”。

赛特说“从此刻起，我要与你绝交，因为我不想和一个反复无常的人做朋友”。

英语寓言小故事（十九）：
naughty Monkey
It’s very hot。

An old man is asleep on the chair。

A fly es and sits on the end of the man’s nose。

The old man has a naughty monkey。

He chases the fly。

The fly es back again and sits on the old man’s nose again。

The monkey chases it away again and again。

This happens five or six times。

The monkey is very angry。

He jumps up，runs to the garden and picks up a large stone。

When the fly sits on the old man’s nose again，the monkey hits it hard with the stone。

He kills the fly and breaks the old man’s nose。

调皮的猴子
天气很热。

一位老人在椅子上睡着了。

一只苍蝇飞来落在老人的鼻子上。

老人有一只顽皮的猴子。

猴子在追打苍蝇。

苍蝇再次飞落在老人的鼻子上，猴子一再追打苍蝇。

这样往返了五六次，猴子很生气。

他跳着跑到花园，捡起一块大石头。

当苍蝇再次落在老人的鼻子上时，猴子用石头击中老人的鼻子上的苍蝇。

他砸死了苍蝇也打破了老人的鼻子。

英语寓言小故事（二十）：
On a vacation trip，Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi ，which perished long ago。

Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles，collapsed walls，and clusters of weeds，he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi。

They replied，"Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds，and averse to evildoing，which led to the perdition。

"
When the Duke could not understand the answer，people explained ，" Though he liked doing good，he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing，never could he help not participating。

That caused the ruin of his capital。

"
郭氏之墟
齐桓公出游途中，来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟。

看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象，忍不住问当地百姓郭氏灭亡的原因。

百姓们回答说："郭氏由于喜爱善行善事。

厌恶邪恶丑行而导致灭亡。

"
齐桓公不能理解这种回答，百姓们便解释说："郭氏虽然喜爱善行善事，但从来都不能做到；尽管厌恶邪恶丑行，却总是忍不住参与其中。

这就是他的都城变成废墟的原因。

"
英语寓言小故事（二十一）：
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 e 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。

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样回事。

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，山坡上最终裂开一条小缝，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。

英语寓言小故事（二十二）：
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 e with his dogs I shall be too busy running away to have 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，"可是，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。

趁我此刻能够磨，就让我磨磨牙齿吧。

"
时刻准备着（有备无患）
英语寓言小故事（二十三）：
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，如果他们一齐干活儿，生活会舒适得多，但他们丝毫不理会他的意见。

有一天，他决定经过示范把自我的意思告诉他们。

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，必须要各行其是，那么你们一遇到敌人，就会被打败。

"
合则存，分则败。

英语寓言小故事（二十四）：
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 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。

鹦鹉对此十分高兴，扑动翅膀，从一间屋子飞到另一间屋子，愉快地尖声叫着，最终停在华丽的帷幔的边上。

"你到底是谁？"从下头传来怒气冲冲的说话声，"立刻住嘴，别发出那难听的声音。

"。