小学生英语寓言故事阅读

1、The horse and the assA horse and an ass were traveling together. The horse was prancing along in its beautiful trappings, but the ass was carrying the heavy weight in its saddlebags. I wish I were you, sighed the ass. You have nothing to do, and wear such a beautiful harness. The next day there was

2、a great battle. The horse was badly wounded in the final charge. The ass passed and saw the dying horse. I was wrong, said the ass.Safety is much more important than beautiful clothes. 马和驴马和驴一起旅行，马拉着轻便的车轻松地前行，而驴驮着很重的鞍囊走路。“我多希望我是你，”驴感叹道，“你什么也不用做，却佩带这么漂亮的马具。” 后来爆发了一场战争，马在最后的冲锋中不幸身受重伤。驴从将要死去的马身边经过。“我错了

3、，”驴说，“安全比漂亮的衣服更重要。” 寓意: 不要随便羡慕别人，各人都有自己的生活，都有自己的幸福与不幸。The fox without a tailA foxs tail was caught in a trap. When he was trying to release himself, he lost his whole tail except the stump. At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail, but he was determined to face his misfo

4、rtune. He called all the foxes to a meeting. When they had gotten together, the fox said that they should all do away with their tails. He said that their tails were very inconvenient when they met with their enemies. He did not talk about any advantages of the tail. You are right, said one of the o

5、lder foxes, but I dont think you would advise us to do away with our tails if you hadnt lost it yourself first. 一只狐狸的尾巴被夹住了，当他试着脱身的时候，挣断了整条尾巴。开始时，他看到其他狐狸的时候感到很羞愧。后来，他决定面对这种不幸，就召集了所有的狐狸开会。大家到齐后，他极力劝说其他狐狸也割掉尾巴，说尾巴在遭遇敌人时很不方便，尾巴一点儿作用也没有。可他没有说有尾巴的任何好处。一只老狐狸站出来说：“如果你没有失去你的尾巴，你是不会来劝大家都割去尾巴的。The cage bird a

6、nd the batA bird was confined in a cage outside a window. She often sang at night when all other birds were asleep. One night a bat came. He asked the bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night. The bird answered, “Last year when I was singing in the daytime, a bird catcher heard my voice

7、 and caught me in his net.Since then I have never sung by day.” The bat replied, But it is useless to do this now that you have become a prisoner. Then he flew away. 金丝雀与蝙蝠挂在窗口笼里的金丝雀，经常在鸟儿睡着的夜里歌唱。一天晚上，蝙蝠来了，飞过来问她为什么白天安静无声，夜里却要歌唱。金丝雀回答说：“去年我在白天唱歌时，捕鸟人听到我的歌声抓住了我。从此，我再也不在白天唱歌了。” 蝙蝠说：“你现在才懂得谨慎已没用了，你若在变为囚

8、徒之前就懂得，那该多好呀！”说完就飞走了。寓意: 我们应该在危险发生之前就提高警觉，因为危险一旦发生，我们再怎样小心也没有用了。The ass and his purchaserA man wanted to buy an ass. He went to the market, and saw a likely one. But he wanted to test him first. So he took the ass home, and put him into the stable with the other asses. The new ass looked around, and

9、 immediately went to choose a place next to the laziest ass in the stable. When the man saw this he put a halter on the ass at once, and gave him back to his owner. The owner felt quite surprised. He asked the man, Why are you back so soon? Have you tested him already? I dont want to test him any mo

10、re, replied the man, From the companion he chose for himself, I could see what sort of animal he is. 驴和买驴的人一个买主到市场上去买驴，他看中一头外表不错的驴，但是他想要牵走试一试。他把驴牵回家，放在自己其他的驴之间，这驴四处看看，立即走向一头好吃懒做的驴旁边。于是，买驴的人立刻给那头驴套上辔头，牵去还给驴的卖主。卖主感到很奇怪，他问买主：“你怎么这么快就回来了？”买主说：“不必再试了，从他所选择什么样的朋友来看，我已经知道他是什么样了。” 寓意: 物以类聚，人以群分。人们往往喜欢跟与自己相同

11、的人交往，所以，我们可以根据一个人的朋友来推断他的为人。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 t

12、o 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

13、 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.狐狸和老虎一个射手正在森林里打猎。他的箭法好极了，射死了许多野兽。这可大大