简单英语小短文

How a Colt Crossed the River

令狐采学

One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill. As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river. The colt could not decide whether he could cross it. Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby. He a sked, “Aunt Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?” The cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just knee high.

The colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down fron a tree and stopped him. The squirrel shoute d, “Colt, stop! You’ll drown! One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river.” Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mum.

He told his mum his experience on the way. His mother said, “My child, don’t always listen to others. You’d better go and try yourself. Then you’ll know what to do.” Later, at the river,the squirrel stopped the colt again. “Little horse, it’s too dangerous!” “No, I want to try myself,” answered the colt. Then he crossed the river carefully.

You see, real knowledge comes from practice.

中文翻译：

小马过河

一天，一匹小马驮着麦子去磨坊。当它驮着口袋向前跑去时，突然发明一条小河盖住了去路。小马为难了，这可怎么办呢？它向四周望了望，看见一头奶牛在河边吃草。小马问道：“牛阿姨，请您告诉我，这条河我能趟过去吗？”奶牛回答说：“水很浅，刚到膝盖。”

小马正准备过河，突然从树上跳下一只松鼠，拦住它年夜叫道：“小马，别过河！你会被淹死的。昨天，我的一个伙伴就在这条河里淹死啦！”小马不知如何是好，于是决定回家问问妈妈。

小马把路上的经历告诉了妈妈。妈妈说：“孩子，光听他人说是不成的，你自己亲自去试一试，就知道谜底了。”小马回到河边，刚要下水，松鼠又年夜叫起来：“小马，你不要命啦？”小马说：“让我自己试试吧。”他一面回答一面下了河，小心地趟了过去。

这下明白了吧，实践才干出真知

The Fox and the Tiger(狐狸和老虎)

An Archer, hunting in the woods, was so successful with his arrows that he killed many of the wild animals. This frightened the rest so much that they ran into the densest part of the bushes to hide. At last the Tiger stood up, and pretending to be very brave, told the other animals not to be afraid anymore, but to rely on his courage, and he would attack the enemy on his own. While he was talking, and lashing

his tail and tearing at the ground with his claws to impress the others, an arrow came and pierced his ribs. The Tiger howled with pain.

While he was trying to draw out the arrow with his teeth the Fox went up to him and asked, in surprise, whoever had the strength and courage to wound such a brave and mighty beast as the Tiger?

"Nay," said the Tiger, "I misjudged my enemy. It was that unbeatable man over there!"

MORAL: Knowledge is power.

中文翻译：

狐狸和老虎

一个射手正在森林里狩猎。他的箭法好极了，射死了许多野兽。这可年夜年夜地吓坏了余下的植物，它们都跑到最茂盛的灌木丛中潜藏起来。最后，老虎站了起来，装着很是勇敢的样子叫其余的植物相信它的勇敢，不必再害怕。它将独个儿向仇敌进攻。它一边说着，一边甩动着它的尾巴，并用它的爪子刨着地上的泥土，想使他人更信任它。就在这时，一枝箭飞来，刺穿了他的肋骨，老虎登时痛得吼叫起来。

正当它尽力用牙齿拔出身上的箭时，狐狸走上前来受惊地问道：“谁能有这样的力气和胆量来伤害象老虎这样勇敢而强有力的野兽呢？”

“不，”老虎说，“我毛病地判断了我的仇敌，是那边那个不