經典英語小故事帶圖片大全
⑴ 有沒有帶圖片的英語小故事有趣的的,要圖和故事哦
有那種就像學中文一樣的,看圖學習英語的。可以去我的網路空間看看,有軟體地址
⑵ 求英語故事(短的)帶圖片
給你個網址,是網路文庫的,裡面有不少相關的PPT形式的兒童故事。借版鑒一下吧:
http://wenku..com/view/a8f825d526fff705cc170adb.html
呵呵,多再網權上搜一下就OK拉~~~
我是如花,求獎勵,呵呵。
⑶ 10個英文小故事越短越好
1.《Love 》愛情
He typed 50 words,Then he deleted it.He typed a joke,Then he deleted it.He typed the latest news.Then he deleted it.Finally he typed 「Hello」 and send it out.「He』s such a boring person.」The girl at the other side of the phone complained.
2.《Revenge》報復
She saw scars and bruises on her body.Tears fell on the wounds.This wasn』t the 1st time he abused and hit her.She decided to end life.Took a knife and went to the bedroom.She came outside with blood all over her face,But this is the 1st time it wasn』t her blood.
3.《Wedding》婚禮
He was invited to her wedding,as an old best friend.But she』d never knownHow many times he』d practiced taking her awayEver since he got the invitationJust as he』d never noticedthe tiny handwriting on the invitation』s edge.It said 「Let』s escape.」
4.《Denial》否認
He awoke to an old photo,Fade by the tears of sleepless nights.He made breakfast for two.He pulled her shoes out and left it in the entrance before he left.He went back,Having to clean up everything.That』s okay.As long as she was with him.
5.《Love and Hate》愛與恨
Let』s exchange dads.My dad says he loves me very much,But he never buys me anything I need.My dad buys me everything I need,But he says he hates me very much.So, let』s exchange indeed.
6.《Talk》談話
"Dad, what is sex?""Hmmm….""Well what is it?""Err, you know, when a man and a woman fall in love and get married and they wanna have a baby and …….""Dad, cut the long story. I just need to fill up this form. SEX : Male of Female.""Ohhh… That … It』s male."
7.《Mother』s worry 》媽媽的擔憂
"Eat garlic before your blind date!""No! The girl will dislike my breathe mixing the garlic smell.""No, the garlic price skyrocketed recently. Without garlic smell, she may suspect the BMW you are driving is borrowed."
8.《His flip side》他的另一面
She discovered a lipstick in his car.「He is seeing another woman.」She thought.He saw her discovering of the lipstick.「Little does she knows that the lipstick belongs to me.」He thought.
9.《Parent》親人
1000 followers in Mircoblog,500 friends on Wechat,200 contacts in cell phone,Yet, just one waited outside the ICU.The one she had unfriended and blocked.
10.《Wonderful》妙不可言
I always hate to spend time with others when I can be alone.I always hate to walk along the street aimlessly.I always hate to have to keep track of someone.I always hate to share inner fellings.But if it』s you, everything seems perfectly wonderful.
⑷ 求英語小故事,帶圖,不超過6附圖
A
man
was
going
to
the
house
of
some
rich
person.
As
he
went
along
the
road,
he
saw
a
box
of
good
apples
at
the
side
of
the
road.
He
said,
"I
do
not
want
to
eat
those
apples;
for
the
rich
man
will
give
me
much
food;
he
will
give
me
very
nice
food
to
eat."
Then
he
took
the
apples
and
threw
them
away
into
the
st.
He
went
on
and
came
to
a
river.
The
river
had
become
very
big;
so
he
could
not
go
over
it.
He
waited
for
some
time;
then
he
said,
"I
cannot
go
to
the
rich
man's
house
today,
for
I
cannot
get
over
the
river."
He
began
to
go
home.
He
had
eaten
no
food
that
day.
He
began
to
want
food.
He
came
to
the
apples,
and
he
was
glad
to
take
them
out
of
the
st
and
eat
them.
Do
not
throw
good
things
away;
you
may
be
glad
to
have
them
at
some
other
time.
【譯文】
一個人正朝著一個富人的房子走去,當他沿著路走時,在路的一邊他發現一箱好蘋果,他說:「我不打算吃那些蘋果,因為富人會給我更多的食物,他會給我很好吃的東西。」然後他拿起蘋果,一把扔到土裡去。
他繼續走,來到河邊,河漲水了,因此,他到不了河對岸,他等了一會兒,然後他說:「今天我去不了富人家了,因為我不能渡過河。」
他開始回家,那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的,他找到蘋果,很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。
不要把好東西扔掉,換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。
⑸ 英語故事,帶翻譯,帶圖!!!!!!!!!!!!!急!!!
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs.
我有個朋友叫蒙提.羅伯茲,他在聖思多羅有座牧馬場。我常借用他寬敞的住宅舉辦募款活動,以便為幫助青少年的計劃籌備基金。
The last time I was there he introced me by saying, 「I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy』s high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.」
上次活動時,他在致辭中提到:「我讓傑克借用住宅是有原因的。這故事跟一個小男孩有關,他的父親是位馬術師,他從小就必須跟著父親東奔西跑,男孩的求學過程並不順利。高中時,有次老師叫全班同學寫報告,題目是長大後的志願。」
That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch.」
「那晚他洋洋灑灑地寫了七張紙,描述他的偉大志願,那就是想擁有一座屬於自己的牧馬農場,並且仔細畫了一張200畝農場的設計圖,上面標有馬廄、跑道等的位置,然後在這一大片農場中央,還要建造一棟佔地4,000平方英尺的巨宅。」
「He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, 『See me after class.』」
「他花了好大心血把報告完成,第二天交給了老師。兩天後他拿回了報告,第一頁上打了一個又紅又大的F,旁邊還寫了一行字:下課後來見我。」
「The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, 『Why did I receive an F?』」
「腦中充滿幻想的他下課後帶著報告去找老師:『為什麼給我不及格?』」
「The teacher said, 『This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you』ll have to pay large stud fees. There』s no way you could ever do it.』 Then the teacher added, 『If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.』」
「老師回答道:『你年紀輕輕,不要老做白日夢。你沒錢,沒家庭背景,什麼都沒有。蓋座農場可是個花錢的大工程;你要花錢買地、花錢買純種馬匹、花錢照顧它們。你別太好高騖遠了。』他接著又說:『如果你肯重寫一個比較不離譜的志願,我會重新給你打分。』」
「The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, 『Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.』」
「這男孩回家後反復思量了好幾次,然後征詢父親的意見。父親只是告訴他:『兒子,這是非常重要的決定,你必須自己拿定主意。』」
「Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, 『You can keep the F and I』ll keep my dream.』」
「再三考慮好幾天後,他決定原稿交回,一個字都不改。他告訴老師:『即使不及格,我也不願放棄夢想。』」
Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, 「I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.」 He added, 「The best part of the story is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.」 When the teacher was leaving, he said, 『Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids』 dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption not to give up on yours.』」
蒙提此時向眾人表示:「我提起這故事,是因為各位現在就坐在200畝農場內,佔地4,000平方英尺的豪華住宅。那份高中時寫的報告我至今還留著。他頓了一下又說:「有意思的是,兩年前的夏天,那位老師帶了30個學生來我農場露營一星期。離開之前,他對我說:『蒙提,說來有些慚愧。你讀高中時,我曾潑過你冷水。這些年來,我也對不少學生說過相同的話。幸虧你有這個毅力堅持自己的夢想。』」
Don』t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
不論做什麼事,相信你自己,別讓別人的一句話將你擊倒。
我覺得下面這個故事雖然簡短但是這文章里的寓意很值得我們回味,希望對你有用英語小故事 :
生病的獅子
A lion had come to the end of his days. He lay helpless under a tree.
The animals came around him. When they saw that he was going to die, they thought to themselves, "Now is the time to pay him back."
So the boar came up and rushed at him with his tusks.
Then a bull gored him with his horns. The lion still lay helpless before them.
So the ass felt quite safe. He turned his tail to the lion and kicked up his heels into his face.
"This is a double death." growled the lion.
●一頭年老體衰的獅子病得有氣無力,奄奄一息地躺在樹下。
●動物們圍在他的周圍,看到獅子快要死了,就來報復他。
●一頭野豬沖到他身旁,狠狠地咬他。
●接著,一頭野牛也用角來頂他,獅子無助地躺在那裡。
●當驢子看到可以對這龐大的野獸為所欲為時,也用他的蹄子用力去踢獅子的頭部。這頭快要斷氣的獅子說:「我已勉強忍受了勇者的施暴,但還得含羞忍受你這個小丑的侮
辱,真是死不瞑目啊。」
寓意: 無論過去多麼輝煌,都難以避免輝煌失去後別人的不敬與報復。
⑹ 集經典英語小故事,勵志方面,帶翻譯!!
Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being』s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what』s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young.
無論是60歲還是16歲,你需要保持永不衰竭的好奇心、永不熄滅的孩提般求知的渴望和追求事業成功的歡樂與熱情。在你我的心底,有一座無線電台,它能在多長時間里接收到人間萬物傳遞來的美好、希望、歡樂、鼓舞和力量的信息,你就會年輕多長時間。
An indivial human existence should be like a river—small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls. Graally the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their indivial being.
人的生命應當像河流,開始是涓涓細流,受兩岸的限制而十分狹窄,爾後奔騰咆哮,翻過危岩,飛越瀑布,河面漸漸開闊,河岸也隨之向兩邊隱去,最後水流平緩,森森無際,匯入大海之中,個人就這樣毫無痛苦地消失了。
Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty.Nobody grows old merely by a number of years.We grow old by deserting our ideals.
青春意味著戰勝懦弱的那股大丈夫氣概和擯棄安逸的那種冒險精神。往往一個60歲的老者比一個20歲的青年更多一點這種勁頭。人老不僅僅是歲月流逝所致,更主要的是不思進取的結果。
Years may wrinkle the skin,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to st.
光陰可以在顏面上留下印記,而熱情之火的熄滅則在心靈上刻下皺紋。煩惱、恐懼、缺乏自信會扭曲人的靈魂,並將青春化為灰燼
⑺ 英語的經典小故事
中文意思在底下:
Once upon a time an old man and woman lived in the mountains. Everyday the old man went to the mountain and collected firewood, while the old woman went to the river and did the laundry. One day, she was doing the washing when a big peach came floating down the river towards her. As it was a big and juicy-looking fruit, she thought that her husband would be glad to eat it so she took it home. When the old man came back for lunch and saw the nice peach, he was really happy. The old woman cut the big peach open with a knife. What a surprise! A lovely little boy was in the peach.
The old man and woman had no children so they were really grateful the gods had sent them a boy in this peach. Since he was born in a peach, they decided to call him Momotaro which means "peach-boy". The old woman cooked a meal for the little boy who ate as much as he could; the more he ate, the more he grew. Soon he became a tall and strong boy.
No matter how tall or strong he was, Momotaro was a lazy boy. Day after day, all he did was sleep and eat. In the village the other boys went to the mountain and picked firewood while Momotaro was the only one doing nothing. This worried the old man and the old woman, so they asked the other boys to try to make Momotaro go and work with them.
The boys then invited him, "Momotaro, would you come with us? We're going to collect firewood."
But he answered, "I haven't a basket, so I can't go with you" and went back to sleep.
The following day, they invited him again, "Momotaro, would you come with us? We're going to collect firewood."
And he answered them, "I haven't any sandals, so I can't go with you" and went back to sleep. Upon hearing this, the old woman got angry with Momotaro for being so lazy, so the next day he went to collect firewood with the other boys.
While the boys were working and collecting firewood, Momotaro took a nap. When the work was finished, the boys decided to go back to the village. Just then, Momotaro awoke and said to them, "I'll collect firewood and come back with you."
They retorted, "If you start working now, we'll get back too late."
Momotaro turned a deaf ear to them and went to a very big tree. Holding it by the middle, he uprooted it. Astonishing! All the boys could not believe their eyes! Thus the tall and strong Momotaro carried the big tree, while the other boys carried bundles of firewood back to the village. The old man and the old woman were amazed when they saw Momotaro carrying this very big tree as if it was a mere bundle of firewood.
The county lord happened to hear about this and wished to meet Momotaro. The next day Momotaro went to see the county lord. The lord said to him, "Ogres have been threatening and robbing my peasants for a long time. If you are as strong as I heard, you shall go and punish them." Momotaro then agreed to go to the Island of Ogres.
For his journey, the old man and woman baked some millet cookies and gave them to Momotaro. Away he went and on his way he met a dog.
"Momotaro, where are you going?" asked the dog.
"To the Island of Ogres, to punish them."
"And what are you bringing with you?"
"The best millet cookies of Japan."
"Can I have one and go with you?" offered the dog. Momotaro gave the dog a cookie and they went along together.
Soon they met a monkey.
"Momotaro, where are you going?" asked the monkey.
"To the Island of Ogres, to punish them."
"And what are you bringing with you?"
"The best millet cookies of Japan."
"Can I have one and go with you?" offered the monkey. Momotaro gave the monkey a cookie and the three of them went along together.
Then they met a pheasant.
"Momotaro, where are you going?" asked the pheasant.
"To the Island of Ogres, to punish them."
"And what are you bringing with you?"
"The best millet cookies of Japan."
"Can I have one and go with you?" offered the pheasant. So Momotaro gave the pheasant a cookie too.
Momotaro, the dog, the monkey and the pheasant went together to the Island of Ogres by boat. They were sailing but could not see the island, so the pheasant went up in the sky. He found the island and guided the boat. Soon they landed on the Island of Ogres. There on the island was a great big castle with a huge door. It was tightly closed, but the monkey jumped easily inside and opened the huge door.
Momotaro entered and said to the ogres, who were having a feast, "My name is Momotaro, and I came to punish you." The ogres laughed at him, but the dog ran in and bit them as Momotaro fought using his sword. Momotaro and his companions, having eaten the best millet cookies of Japan, knew no fear and were strong.
At last the ogres cried for mercy, "We shall never be bad again, please spare our lives."
The defeated ogres gave Momotaro their treasure. He took it and returned with his companions, who had eaten the best millet cookies of Japan and helped defeat the ogres. The old man and the old woman, who had been worrying about Momotaro, welcomed them back cheerfully.
After that Momotaro and the old man and woman lived happily together.
很久很久以前,一個地方住著老爺爺和老奶奶.通常,爺爺上山砍柴,奶奶去河邊洗衣服.一天,奶奶洗衣服時,一個大桃子一沉一浮地順水漂來.看到了這個桃子,奶奶就把它帶回了家,想讓爺爺嘗個鮮.吃中午飯時,爺爺從山裡回來了,看到了這個桃子後歡喜得不得了.兩個人剛剛將桃子切開,不由得嚇了一大跳,原來呀,一個活蹦亂眺的小男孩從桃子裡面跳了出來.
爺爺和奶奶沒有孩子,於是歡天喜地地認為孩子是天賜的,就把他叫做"桃太郎", 奶奶做好了飯給他吃,盡管桃太郎有點兒害怕,但仍然吃得很香甜.於是,桃太郎漸漸地長大了.
桃太郎不停地吃,不停地長,變成了一個大力士,同時也是一個大懶漢.每天的任務只是吃了睡,睡了吃.村裡的年輕人每日上山撿柴,可桃太郎卻什麼活也不幹.爺爺和奶奶挺擔心的,就拜託村裡年輕人說:"叫上桃太郎一起去吧."當他們來找桃太郎一起上山並說:"桃太郎,一塊兒打柴去吧"時,他卻推說:"沒有背簍,去不成啊."說完後,繼續睡午覺.第二天,這些年輕人又來邀桃太郎,他推諉道:"沒鞋,去不了哇."又過了一天,奶奶終於忍不住生氣了,沒有辦法,桃太郎不得不和村裡的年輕人們一起上山了.
大家在山裡拾柴,桃太郎卻只是睡大覺.等到大家收拾好柴簍要回家時,桃太郎說:"我也想拾點兒柴,然後一起回去吧."大家說:"天色都已經不早了,來不及了."就在這時, 桃太郎抓住了一棵大樹,突然間將它拔了出來,把大家嚇了一大跳.於是,他扛著大樹和大夥返回了村裡.見到了這種情況,爺爺和奶奶非常吃驚.這事傳到了大人的耳朵里,大人萌生了特別想見桃太郎的念頭.見了面,大人說:"前一陣兒總有壞魔鬼騷擾村民,偷盜各種物品器具.因為你很有力氣,那麼請你去征服魔鬼吧."因此,桃太郎伏鬼這件事就這么定了.
爺爺和奶奶作好了黃米面團給桃太郎帶上.就這樣他出發了.途中他遇到了一條狗, 狗問他,:
"桃太郎,你這是去哪兒呀."
"魔鬼要去島上,我正要去除鬼."
"那你腰間掛的是什麼呢?"
"最最好吃的黃米面團."
"給我一個好嗎,我和你一起去",狗說.
於是桃太郎給了狗一個黃米面團.
和狗一起繼續行進時,又遇到了一隻猴子,猴子問:"桃太郎,你這是去哪兒呀."
"魔鬼要去島上,我去除鬼."
"那你腰間掛的是什麼呢?"
"最最好吃的黃米面團."
"給我一個吧,我和你們一塊兒去",猴子說.
桃太郎又給了猴子一個黃米面團.
於是,桃太郎帶著狗和猴子繼續趕路了.這回跳出來一隻野雞.同樣地,野雞問他:
"桃太郎,你這是去哪兒呀."
"魔鬼要去島上,我去除鬼."
"你腰間掛著的是什麼呀?"
"最最好吃的黃米面團."
"給我一個吧,我和你們一塊兒去."
這樣,桃太郎又給了野雞一個黃米面團. 桃太郎,狗,猴子,野雞好不容易才到了海邊,因為魔鬼們已經去了島上,他們就劃船向海島出發了.搖啊搖,搖啊搖,怎麼也看不到那個島嶼.野雞就飛到了空中,觀察到了島嶼的位置,指揮著大家向那個地方劃去,這樣,大家到達了島上.島上有一座大城,城門緊閉, 猴子敏捷地爬到了門里,將門栓摘掉,把門打開了.而魔鬼們仍一無所知地又是喝酒又是唱歌.桃太郎大聲喝道:"我乃桃太郎是也,前來消除你們.
"魔鬼們見他們勢單力薄,並不把他們放在眼裡.但是,吃了最最好吃的黃米面團後精力充沛的桃太郎和夥伴們並肩作戰, 瞬間就把魔鬼們打得落花流水.
魔鬼們賠罪說:"我們歸還搶盜來的寶物,決不再做壞事了,給我們留一條活路吧." 懲治了魔鬼後,桃太郎和夥伴們帶著寶物回到了村裡.正擔驚受怕的爺爺和奶奶見狀非常高興.從那以後,桃太郎與爺爺和奶奶一直過著幸福愉快的生活.
III. New Words and Expressions 生詞和片語
1. sandal n. 拖鞋,涼鞋
2. bundle n. 捆,束
3. ogre n. 食人魔鬼,怪物
4. cookie n. 面團
5. feast n. 宴會
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⑻ 著名的英語小故事有哪些 (配圖)6年級
買成績Buy your grade A professor was giving a big test one day to his students.He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait. Once the test was over,the students all handed the tests back in.The professor noticed that one of thestudents had attached a $100 bill to his test with a note saying "A dolllar per point" The next class the professor handed the tests back out.This student got back his test and $64 change attach:附加bill:鈔票change:零錢一天,教授准備要測驗他的學生們。他將所有的試卷發出去,然後回到講桌旁等著當考試時間到的時候,每一個學生把試卷交給老師。教授注意到,一個學生在試卷上夾了一百元的鈔票,並附上一張小紙條。。。上頭寫著「一分一塊錢」下一堂課,教授將考卷發還給學生,這個學生呢,拿回自己的考卷,和找回的64元零錢
⑼ 經典英語小故事
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1. The Dog In The Manger(牛槽里的狗)
Once a dog was taking a nap in the manger of an ox. It was full of hay. But soon the ox came back from his work to the manger. He wanted to eat his own hay. Then the dog awoke, stood up and barked at the ox. The ox said to the dog, 「Do you want to eat this hay, too?」
「Of course not,」 said the dog.
「Then, go away and let me eat my own hay.」
「Oh, no. You go away and let me sleep.」
「What a selfish dog! He will neither eat the hay himself, nor let me eat it !」 said the ox to himself.
2.The Lion, The Bear And The Fox(獅子、熊與狐狸)
Long ago a lion and a bear saw a kid. They sprang upon it at the same time. The lion said to the bear, 「I caught this kid first, and so this is mine.」
"No, no," said the bear.「I found it earlier than you, so this is mine.」 And they fought long and fiercely. At last both of them got very tired and could no longer fight.
A fox who hid himself behind a tree not far away and was watching the fight between the lion and the bear, came out and walked in between them, and ran off with the kid.
The lion and the bear both saw the fox, but they could not even catch the fox.
The lion said to the bear, 「We have fought for nothing. That sly fox has got the kid away.」
3.The Boys And The Frogs(男孩與青蛙)
One spring day some naughty boys were playing near a pond. They began to throw stones into the water. In the pond lived many frogs were much afraid of the boys, for the stones hurt some of the frogs. At last an old frog lifted his head out of the water and said, 「Boys, please don』t throw stones at us.」
The boys said, 「We are only playing.」 「I know that, but please stop throwing stones, my boys. What is play to you is death to us,」 said the old frog.
So the boys stopped throwing stones and went away.
4.The Two Travelers(兩個旅人)
Many years ago two men were traveling together They were walking along a road in the wood.
Then they found a beautiful ax on the ground. One of them picked it up and said, 「Look here have found an ax.」
「Don't say I, but we have found the ax,」 said the other 「We are friends. We ought to share it between us.」
「No,」 said the first one, 「I found the ax, so it is mine.」
Soon after they heard someone running after them. They looked back. They found He called out, 「Stop, thieves! Stop, thieves !」
The first traveler said, 「What shall we do? He is running after us. We shall be caught by him.」 「Don't say we, but I shall be caught. You found the ax, and you say it is yours,」 said the other, and left him alone.
The first traveler tried to hide the ax, but he did not know where to hide it. And at last he was caught by the owner of the ax.
5.The Ant And The Dove(螞蟻與鴿子)
One day a little ant was walking along the bank of a stream. His foot slipped and he fell into the water. 「Oh, help, help!」 cried the ant. A dove was sitting on a branch of a tree over the stream and heard his cry of help. 「Oh, poor ant!」 said the dove. 「I will help the ant.」
The dove pulled off a leaf and dropped it near the ant. 「Here is a leaf. Climb on it,」 said the dove. The ant climbed on it at once and floated to the bank.
A few days after this a hunter found the dove and was going to shoot her. Just then the ant passed by and said to himself, 「This time I must help the dove.」 The ant ran to the hunter and bit his foot hard. The hunter sprang up and missed to shoot the dove. The dove said to the ant, 「Thank you very much, my little friend. You have saved my life,」 and she could fly away happily.
6. The Cock And The Jewel(公雞與寶石)
One fine morning, a cock said to the hens and chickens, 「Come, let us go out to find some food. We have not had our breakfast yet.」
Then the cock began to dig the soft earth. Suddenly he cried, 「Look, look! I have found something strange. I wonder what it is. It is like a ball. But it is not a stone. It may be an egg of some bird.」
The hens heard his cry and came around him. One of them said, 「Dear me! This is not an egg, but a jewel. Someone has lost it.」 A chicken asked, 「Can we eat it?」 「No,」 said the hen, 「It is very precious to human beings, but it is of no use to us; we cannot eat it. Throw it away and try to find some worms. I want to have one worm than all the jewels in the world.」
7.The Wolf and the Goat(狼與山羊)
One day a wolf saw a goat on a high cliff. He was jumping to and fro and was grazing.
The wolf wanted to eat him, but he could not climb up there to catch him. So he said to the goat, 「Good morning, my good friend Goat! Come down here!
If you slip down the cliff, you will break your neck. And the grass is short and dry up there. Come down! The grass is long and tender here.」
「Thank you, Mr. Wolf, but never mind. I am used to playing here, and I like the grass here better. I would rather eat dry grass than be eaten by a wolf,」 said the goat.
8.The Hare and the Tortoise(野兔與烏龜)
One day a hare met with a tortoise at the foot of a hill.
「Hallo, little Tortoise! Where are you going? How short your legs are!」 said the hare.
「 I am going over to the hill. I am a slow runner, but I can run a race with you,」 said the tortoise. 「All right. Let's run a race with you to the top of the hill,」 said the hare.
The hare and the tortoise started. The hare ran very fast. The hare said to himself, 「 I can much faster than the tortoise, and I may have a little nap here.」
So the hare lay down under a tree and was fast asleep. But the tortoise did not stop for a moment. He walked on and on. At last he got to the top of the hill.
The hare woke up and looked around, but he could not see the tortoise. He sprang up and ran as fast as he could. When the hare got to the top of the hill, he found the tortoise was resting there peacefully.
The tortoise said to the hare, 「Now, Mr. Hare! Which was the faster runner, you or I?」
9.The Lion and the Mouse(獅子與老鼠)
Once a great lion was sleeping in a wood. A little mouse happened to come and ran over his face. The lion awoke and caught the little mouse in anger, and was going to kill her. 「 Oh, dear kind Lion!」 Said the little mouse. " Please forgive me. I didn't mean to do you any harm. Let me go. I shall return your kindness."
" Ha, ha, ha," laughed the lion. " How can a little thing like you help a great lion?" " Thank you very much, kind Lion! I hope I shall be able to do you a good return some day," said the little mouse.
Some time after this, the lion was caught in a trap. Just then the little mouse came along. At once she ran up to the lion, and said, " You were very kind to me once. Now I'll save your life, and repay you the kindness which you showed me the other day." Soon she gnawed the ropes of the trap with her sharp teeth, and the lion was happy to be free again.
" Thank you, little Mouse!" said the lion, and he walked away.
10.The Trees and the Ax(樹與斧頭)
Once upon a time a man came into a forest. He said to the trees, 「Will you give me a piece of hard wood ?」
The tree said, 「Yes, we'll give you a good price of hard wood.」
He was very glad to get a good piece of wood. He hurried home with it. At once he made a new handle of his ax.
Then he went to the forest again and began to cut down all the best trees in the forest.
The trees were very sad. They said to one another, 「We suffer for our own foolishness.」
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