The Lion and the Mouse 狮子与报恩的老鼠

The Lion and the Mouse 狮子与报恩的老鼠

A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth and set him free, exclaiming:

"You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion."

狮子睡着了，有只老鼠跳到了他身上。狮子猛然站起来，把他抓住，准备吃掉。老鼠请求饶命，并说如果保住性命，必将报恩，狮子轻蔑地笑了笑，便把他放走了。不久，狮子真的被老鼠救了性命。原来狮子被一个猎人抓获，并用绳索把他捆在一棵树上。老鼠听到了他的哀嚎，走过去咬断绳索，放走了狮子，并说：

“你当时嘲笑我，不相信能得到我的报答，现在可清楚了，老鼠也能报恩。”

The Bat and the Weasels蝙蝠与黄鼠狼

A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped.

It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

蝙蝠掉落在地上，被黄鼠狼叼去，他请求饶命。黄鼠狼说绝不会放过他，自己生来痛恨鸟类。蝙蝠说他是老鼠，不是鸟，便被放了。后来蝙蝠又掉落了下来，被另一只黄鼠狼叼住，他再三请求不要吃他。这只黄鼠狼说他恨一切鼠类。蝙蝠改口说自己是鸟类，并非老鼠，又被放了。这样，蝙蝠两次改变了自己的名字，终于死里逃生。

英语寓言故事：Theone-eyeddoe一只眼睛的母鹿

The one-eyed doe

A doe had lost one of her eyes, and could not see anyone approaching her from one side.

In order to avoid any danger, she always ate on a high cliff near the sea, and looked at the land with her good eye when she was eating.

By this means she could see whenever the hunters approached her on land.

But one hunter found out that she was blind in one eye. He rowed a boat under the cliff, and shot her from the sea.

一只眼睛的母鹿

●有头瞎了一只眼睛的母鹿,没有办法看到从瞎了的那只眼的方向靠近她的东西。

●为了躲避危险,她总是在海边的一处高崖上吃草。在她吃东西的时候,她用那只好的眼睛注视着陆地。

●用这种方法,她防备来自陆地上的猎人的袭击。

●但是一个猎人发现她的一只眼睛是瞎的,就划着船从海上将她射杀了。

寓意:人们常常对容易预见的危险严加防范,却忽视自认为很安全的方面。

小学英语寓言故事 The Ass and the Grasshopper 驴子与蚱蜢

AN 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 live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.

驴子听见蚱蜢唱歌，被美妙动听的歌声所打动，自己也想能发出同样悦耳动听的声音，便羡慕地问他们吃些什么，才能发出如此美妙的声音来。蚱蜢答道：“吃露水。”驴子便也只吃露水，没多久就饿死了。启示：这个故事告诉人们不要企望非份之物。

小学英语故事The Miser守财奴

A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it. The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations. A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, "Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it."

有个守财奴变卖了他所有的家产，换回了金块，并秘密地埋在一个地方。他每天走去看看他的宝藏。有个在附近放羊的牧人留心观察，知道了真情，趁他走后，挖出金块拿走了。守财奴再来时，发现洞中的金块没有了，便捶胸痛哭。有个人见他如此悲痛，问明原因后，说道：“喂，朋友，别再难过了，那块金子虽是你买来的，但并不是你真正拥有的。去拿一块石头来，代替金块放在洞里，只要你心里想着那是块金子，你就会很高兴。这样与你拥有真正的金块效果没什么不同。依我之见，你拥有那金块时，也从没用过。”

启示：这故事说明，一切财物如不使用等于没有。

伊索寓言英语故事The wind and the sun 风和太阳

The wind and the sun were disputing who was the stronger.

Suddenly they saw a traveler coming down the road. The sun said, "Whoever can make the traveler take off his coat will be the stronger."

So the sun hid behind a cloud, and the wind began to blow as hard as it could. As the wind blew harder, the traveler wrapped his coat more closely around himself.

Then the sun came out. He shone on the traveler. The traveler soon felt quite hot, and took off his coat.

风和太阳

风和太阳两方为谁的能量大相互争论不休。

突然，他们看到一个行人走在路上，太阳说：“谁能使行人脱下衣服，谁就更强大。”

太阳藏在乌云后面，风开始拼命地吹，风刮得越猛烈，行人越是裹紧自己的衣服。

太阳出来了，暖暖地晒着行人，行人感到很热，很快就把外套脱了下来。

小学英语童话故事睡美人

A long time ago and far away there lived a King and a Queen .They were very happy, for their first child, a girl, had been born.

很久很久以前，在一个遥远的地方，住着一位国王和一位王后，他们因为第一个孩子，一个女儿的诞生非常开心。

" We must have a grand christening for her," said the King , who was delighted to have a daughter.

国王非常高兴有了一个女儿，说，“我们一定要给她举行一个盛大的洗礼仪式。”

"We must invite all the fairies of the kingdom to bless her," said the Queen.

王后说，“我们要邀请王国里所有的仙女来祝福她。”

"How many are there now ?" asked the King.

国王问：“我们有多少仙女呢？”

"Twelve or thirteen," said his wife. "Send the invitations . We'll soon find out ."

他的妻子说，“十二个也不十三个。把邀请发出去我们很快就知道了。”

There were twelve fairies, and they were all sent invitations. A thirteen fairy had not been heard of for so long that it was presumed that she was dead. No invitation was sent. The day of the christening was sunny and bright. The Princes was named Briar Rose, and the fairies began to give their gifts.

一共有十二位仙女，她们都收到了邀请。第十三位仙女早就没有消息了所以大家都认为她已经死了，没有邀请她。洗礼的那天阳光灿烂。这位公主被取名为布瑞尔·罗丝，仙女们开始送上礼物。

"She shall be beautiful, "said the first.

第一位仙女说，“她会非常漂亮的。”

"She shall be wise ,"said the second.

第二位说，“她将非常聪明。”

"She shall be good,"said the third.

第三位说，“她的一切将很美好。”

"She shall be kind ," said the fourth.

第四位说，“她将很善良。”The gifts continued in this way, wishing all that was good for Briar Rose. Eleven of the twelve fairies had given their gifts when the room suddenly went dark. After a great flash of light a small dark figure stood in front of the King and Queen.

仙女们陆续送上礼物，把世上所有的美好的东西都送给了布莱尔·罗丝。第十一位仙女刚刚送上祝福后，房间突然变黑了。一道闪电之后，一个小黑人站在国王和王后面前。

It was the thirteenth fairy.

正是第十三位仙女。

"why wasn't I invited to the christening?" she screamed.

她尖叫道，“为什么我没有收到洗礼邀请？”

She was furious at being left out.

她因为被排除在外非常生气。

"All the fairies of the kingdom have given their blessings. Well, here's mine for the Princess. On her sixteenth birthday she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and die."

“所有的仙女都已经给出了祝福，下面是我的，在16岁生日的时候，公主将会被纺锤刺到手然后死去。”

Another flash of light and the fairy was gone.

又一道闪电之后，仙女离开了。

"But we thought she was dead," said the King. "What can we do ?"

国王说，“我们还以为她已经死了，我们现在能怎么办呢？”

The Queen was in tears.

王后开始哭泣。

The twelfth fairy stepped forward.

第十二位仙女走出来了。

There is still my gift for Briar Rose," she said. "The fairy's curse cannot be undone, but I can change it a little. She will fall into a deep sleep that will last one hundred years," There was a great hubbub in the hall as everyone discussed the events.

她说，“我的祝福还没有送出，这位仙女的诅咒会实现的，但是我能做出一点改变。她会陷入沉睡，睡上一百年。”大厅里每个人都在谈论这件事情，非常吵闹。

The following day the King issued a proclamation, ordering that all spinning wheels and spindles were to be destroyed. Throughout the land there were great fires as the spinning wheels were burned.

第二天国王颁布一项公告，命令毁掉所有的纺车和纺锤。整个大地都是纺车被烧毁的火焰。

伊索英语寓言故事 The Lion and the Mouse 狮和鼠

Lion was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up in anger, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The Lion laughed and let him go.

It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came up, and gnawed the rope with his teeth, and setting him free, exclaimed: "You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favour; but now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion."

一只老鼠从一只狮子面前跑过去，将它从梦中吵醒。狮子生气地跳起来，捉住老鼠，要弄死它。老鼠哀求说：「只要你肯饶恕我这条小生命，我将来一定会报答你的大恩。」狮子便笑着放了它。

后来狮子被几个猎人捉住，用粗绳捆绑倒在地上。老鼠听出是狮子的吼声，走来用牙齿咬断绳索，释放了牠，并大声说：「你当时嘲笑我想帮你的忙，而且也不指望我有什么机会报答。但是你现在知道了，就算是小老鼠，也能向狮子效劳的。

儿童英语故事伟大的猎手Jonesie

Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter

A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast.

For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared.

Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide. Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion. In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture. As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain. There was no sign of the lion.

"What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?" asked the chief. "Forget the damn lion!" he howled. "Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?"

伟大的猎手Jonesie

有个小村庄正为一只吃人的狮子而烦恼。于是，村长派人去请伟大的猎手Jonesie来杀死这只野兽。

猎手躺着等了几个晚上，但狮子一直没有出现。最后，他要求村长杀只羊然后把头皮给他。把羊皮披在身上后，猎人到草原上去等狮子。半夜，村民被从草原传来的声嘶力竭的尖叫声惊醒。他们小心地靠近后，看到猎手正躺在草地上痛苦地呻吟。没有狮子出没的蛛丝马迹。

“Jonesie，怎么了？狮子在哪？”村长问。“哪有狮子！”猎人怒吼道，“哪个傻瓜把公牛放出来了？”