英语故事50篇
英语故事Stories in English目录Contents英语故事Stories in English (1)I. A French Traveler (2)2. A Smart Boy (3)3. But I Missed Again (3)4. Getting Lost (4)5. A Clever Boy (4)6. Who Deserves Help? (5)7. Be Medically Examined (6)8 .A Horse Thief (6)9. Mark Twain Was Fooled (7)10 .The General's Teeth (7)11. Balzac's Handwriting (8)12. Einstein and Chauffeur (9)13. Florence Nightingale (9)14. An Advertisement for Modern Bicycle (11)15. A Clever Interpreter (11)16. Who Pushed Me In (12)17. A Clever Man (12)18. Do I Have to Give the Watch Back? (13)19. Minding His T's and 2's (14)20. A Bet (14)21 .The Man Who Had No Friends (15)22. Uncle Podgerat Work (16)23. An Attempted Murder (17)24 .The Lost Ring (18)25. The Perfect Pearl (19)26. A Funny Thing Happened to Me. . (20)27. Like Clockwork (21)28 .The Ugly Duckling (22)29. The Nightingale (23)30 .A Faithful Dog (24)31.The Fox and the Grape (25)32. The Hare and the Tortoise (25)33 .The Wolf and the Lamb (26)34.The Milkmaid (26)35. The Lion and the Mouse (27)36. April Fools' Day (28)37. Valentine's Day (29)38 .The Three Wishes (29)39. The Magic Kettle (30)40. Mencius's Mother (31)41. The Thief and His Mother (32)42. The Fisherman and the Gold Fish (33)43 .The Kind-hearted Mermaid (35)44. Cinderella (37)45.The Garden of Eden and the Serpent (39)46. The Tower of Babel (40)47. The Flood (41)48. Echo (43)49. Narcissus (44)50. How Troubles Came into the World (44)1. A French TravelerA Frenchman was once traveling in England. He could speak English quite well but not perfectly. For one thing, his vocabulary was not large.One day, he was having a meal in a small country hotel and wanted to order some eggs. But he couldn't remember the word for eggs.Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard. He immediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English.The waiter told him that it was called a rooster.The Frenchman then asked what the rooster's wife was called.The waiter told him that she was called a hen.The Frenchman then asked what the hen's children were called.The waiter told him that they were chickens.The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were born.The waiter told him they were called eggs."Fine!" said the Frenchman. "Please bring me two eggs and a cup of coffee."l·perfectly 熟练地2. vocabulary 个人所使用的词汇量(集合名词，单数概念.)3. rooster 公鸡(美国英语，同cock.)4·bird 此处泛指禽类。
点评这位法国人说的英语实在不敢恭维;但他能利用极之有限的几个单词，解脱了困境，其急智与机巧令人叹服。
2. A Smart BoyWilliam Henry Harrison, the ninth president of the United States, was born in a small town. As a young boy, he was very quiet and shy. In fact, he was so quiet that many people thought he was stupid."It's a funny things," William's mother said to him one day, "I know that you are a smart boy, but sometimes you let people think you are not so smart. I wonder why?"The people of the town liked to play tricks on this boy who they thought was so stupid."Here, William," one of them would say. "Here is a nickel, and here is a dime. Which one do you want?"William always chose the nickel, and all the people would laugh at him.Finally, his mother took him aside and said to him, William, why do you always choose the nickel instead of the dime? Don't you know that a dime is worth more than a nickel?""Certainly I know it," William answered slowly, "but if I choose the dime, then peoplewon't play the trick on me any more. Then I won't get any more nickels."注释1. It's a funny thing. 这真逗。
2·play tricks on 跟……开玩笑，戏弄3·nickel 五美分硬币4·dime 十美分硬币5·not...any more 不再点评有的成年人常以为儿童年幼无知，喜欢作弄他们，殊不知自己被小孩作弄了还蒙在鼓里。
3. But I Missed AgainPeter Judd joined the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was taught how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything except shooting. One day he and his friends were practising their shootings, and all of them were doing quite well except Peter. After he had shot at the target nine times and had not hit it once, the officer who was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, "You're quite hopeless. Peter! Don't waste your last bullet too! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!"Peter felt ashamed?. He went behind the wall, and a few seconds later the officer and the other young soldiers heard the sound of a shot."Heavens!" the officer said, "Has that silly man really shot himself?"He ran behind the wall anxiously, but Peter was all right. "I'm sorry, sir." he said, "but Imissed again. "注释l·were practising their shooting 正在练习射击2·shot at瞄准(shot的原形动词是shoot，shot是过去分词.)3.felt ashamed 感到羞愧4·missed again 又没打中点评前九次他均未射小靶子，幸亏其射击技术差到极点，第十次才没有射中自己。
英语简短小故事50字带翻译
英语简短小故事50字带翻译【篇一】As the development of the media, people are affected by the TV and commercial ads, they keep their eyes on the amusement all the time, so they will become a fan. Especially for the teenagers, they chase for the idols. Idols bring the great effect on the public, their power is huge.因为多媒体的发展，人们受到了电视和商业广告的影响，他们总是在注重着娱乐，所以他们会成为娱乐的粉丝。
特别是青少年，他们追逐偶像。
偶像给大众带来了很大的影响，他们的力量是很大的。
Today, weibo is very popular for people to share the information. The celebrities open their accounts and they record their lives on it. Many fans will keep their eyes on their idols’ accounts, they want to know everything about their idols. When the celebrities post the news about helping the poor people, then the fans will try their best to help the poor people. The fans will follow their idols’ words.今天，微博对于人们来说很流行，他们使用微博来分享信息。
英语故事50篇
英语故事Stories in English目录Contents英语故事Stories in English (1)I. A French Traveler (2)2. A Smart Boy (3)3. But I Missed Again (4)4. Getting Lost (4)5. A Clever Boy (5)6. Who Deserves Help? (6)7. Be Medically Examined (6)8 .A Horse Thief (7)9. Mark Twain Was Fooled (8)10 .The General's Teeth (8)11. Balzac's Handwriting (9)12. Einstein and Chauffeur (10)13. Florence Nightingale (11)14. An Advertisement for Modern Bicycle (12)15. A Clever Interpreter (13)16. Who Pushed Me In (13)17. A Clever Man (14)18. Do I Have to Give the Watch Back? (15)19. Minding His T's and 2's (16)20. A Bet (17)21 .The Man Who Had No Friends (18)22. Uncle Podgerat Work (19)23. An Attempted Murder (20)24 .The Lost Ring (21)25. The Perfect Pearl (22)26. A Funny Thing Happened to Me. . (23)27. Like Clockwork (24)28 .The Ugly Duckling (26)29. The Nightingale (27)30 .A Faithful Dog (28)31.The Fox and the Grape (29)32. The Hare and the Tortoise (29)33 .The Wolf and the Lamb (30)34.The Milkmaid (31)35. The Lion and the Mouse (32)36. April Fools' Day (33)37. Valentine's Day (33)38 .The Three Wishes (34)39. The Magic Kettle (35)40. Mencius's Mother (36)41. The Thief and His Mother (37)42. The Fisherman and the Gold Fish (38)43 .The Kind-hearted Mermaid (41)44. Cinderella (43)45.The Garden of Eden and the Serpent (46)46. The Tower of Babel (47)47. The Flood (48)48. Echo (50)49. Narcissus (51)50. How Troubles Came into the World (52)1. A French TravelerA Frenchman was once traveling in England. He could speak English quite well but not perfectly. For one thing, his vocabulary was not large.One day, he was having a meal in a small country hotel and wanted to order some eggs. But he couldn't remember the word for eggs.Suddenly, through the window, he saw a rooster walking in the yard. He immediately asked the waiter what the bird was called in English.The waiter told him that it was called a rooster.The Frenchman then asked what the rooster's wife was called.The waiter told him that she was called a hen.The Frenchman then asked what the hen's children were called.The waiter told him that they were chickens.The Frenchman then asked what the chickens were called before they were born.The waiter told him they were called eggs."Fine!" said the Frenchman. "Please bring me two eggs and a cup of coffee."l·perfectly 熟练地2. vocabulary 个人所使用的词汇量(集合名词，单数概念.)3. rooster 公鸡(美国英语，同cock.)4·bird 此处泛指禽类。
2023年最新的英语幽默小故事10篇
2023年最新的英语幽默小故事10篇1Mr. Jones had a few days’ holiday, so he said, “I’m going to go to the mountains by train.” He put on his best clothes, took a small bag, went to the station and got on the train. He had a beautiful hat, and he often put his head out of the window during the trip and looked at the mountains. But the wind pulled his hat off.Mr. Jones quickly took his old bag and threw that out of the window too.The other people in the carriage laughed. “Is your bag going to bring your beautiful hat back” they ask ed.“No,” Mr. Jones answered, “but there’s no name and no addressin my hat, and there’s a name and address on the bag. Someone’s going to find both of them near each other, and he’s going to send me the bag and the hat.”琼斯先生有几天的假期，所以他说，“我要去山上的火车。
”他穿上他最好的衣服，拿了一个小袋子，去了火车站，上了火车。
他有一顶漂亮的帽子，他经常把他的头伸出车窗去看山。
经典幼儿英语故事(7篇)
经典幼儿英语故事（7篇）幼儿简单的英语小故事篇一There once was a rose bush in full bloom in a big garden.An elf was living in the most beautiful rose in the garden,and she was so small that people could not see her.She had long blond hair to her toes and beautiful wings.One day,it got dark before she got home.She had been dancing and flying around so she didn#39;t have time to get back to the rose bush.Suddenly,the weather got cold,evening dew started to fall,and a strong wind began to blow.She could not stay in the other flowers because they were all closed up.What am I going to do now? It#39;s too cold. She got scared because she had never stayed outside at night.There was a twinkling light from the other side of the garden.It#39;s too cold,and I am scared.Maybe I should spend tonight there.幼儿简单的英语小故事篇二A man has two dogs: a hound and a housedog. He trains the hound to help him hurt and teaches the housedog to watch the house. When he returns home after a day#39;s hunt, he always gives the house-dog some meat. The hound feels very angry. He says unhappily to the housedog, “Where I work very hard outside, you share my food.” “Don#39;t blame me, my friend. You should blame the master. He doesn#39;t teach me to hurt, but to share other#39;s food,” the housedog answers.Don#39;t blame children for the mistakes of their parent幼儿简单的英语小故事篇三Myra told Myron that they shouldn#39;t see each other for a while.Her doctor had suggested that she take a short vacation from her job and a long vacation from Myron.What did you tell him about me? Myron asked.She told her doctor that she had dreams about Myron leaving her.She sometimes dreamed that he pushed her out of his car in the middle of nowhere.She would be crying on the side of the road in the middle of the night,cold and scared,as the taillights disappeared.What kind of dream is that? Myron#39;s voice was loud.“Do you think I would ever do that to you? She said that she didn#39;t know.You don#39;t know?! Of course I wouldn#39;t do that to you! I love you!Myra asked Myron to lower his voice.She no longer believed that he loved day,feeling low and insecure,she had told Myron that it would be nice to get away for the weekend.Perhaps they could go to a quiet resort in the mountains.He told her that he was playing golf that Saturday.Maybe they could go to a resort another time.She was astounded.I needed you that weekend.Instead,you preferred to play there is a shadow on my heart that nothing can remove, she told him sadly.幼儿简单的英语小故事篇四The Second World War had begun,and John wanted to join the army,but he was only 16 years old,and boys were allowed to join only if they were over 18.So when the army doctor examined him,he said that he was 18.But John#39;s brother had joined the army a few days before,and the same doctor had examined him too.This doctor remembered the older boy#39;s family name,so when he saw John#39;s papers,he was surprised.How old are you? he said.Eighteen,sir, said John.But your brother was eighteen,too, said the doctor.Are you twins?Oh,no,sir, said John,and his face went red.My brother is five months older than I am.幼儿简单的英语小故事篇五The Butterfly arrived at the place filled with apple tree flowers.Tomorrow,the apple tree flower will fade along with the wind even if she is blooming today. The apple tree flower wasn#39;t good enough to be the butterfly#39;s bride,either.There was a pea flower.Wow,she is very splendid! Pea flowers were in elegant bloom with red and white colors.The Butterfly liked the pea flower because she was neither too lonely nor too dazzling.Hi,Miss Pea flower? Butterfly flew closer to her to ask to be his bride.Then,he caught sight of a messy flower hanging on a leaf with a withered bean chaff.He ran away in a hurry after seeing that.In this way,spring and summer passed.But the butterfly still could not find his bride.Autumn day Butterfly smelled a strong scent while he was flying.There was a peppermint in the field.That#39;s great.Even though peppermint does not have any flowers,her leaves have a very strong scent.Peppermint#39;s leaves are the same as flowers.I will make her my bride. Butterfly flew next to the peppermint and asked,Miss Peppermint,would you please be my bride?Then the peppermint said,Mr.Butterfly,it is autumn now.You and I are too old.Don#39;t tell me about #39;being your bride#39; any more. In the end,Butterfly could not find any bride.幼儿简单的英语小故事篇六Bang! Bang! At that time,a hunter shot his gun.The two wild ducks fell down dead to the ground.Uh? What is this small bird? The hunter took home the awkward little baby duck along with the two wild ducks.Dad,what is this poor-looking bird? I took it with me in order to give it to you,my son.It was trembling with fear in the water. The children gave a hard time to the baby duck by pulling its wings and tail.That hurts! Ow! The baby duck spilled a jug of milk while running away from the cruel hands of the children.The dishes on the table were also broken.The angry hunter sent out the baby duck with a flourish of his broomstick.And so the after being cast out from the house of the hunter,the ugly duckling spent a long and cold winter alone.幼儿简单的英语小故事篇七Jim found work in a shop two years White,the shopkeeper,trusts the able young man and pays him more.He#39;s happy and works harder.Once Jim knew a beautiful girl called Mabel at a friend#39;s party.They danced several times and fell deeply in love.But Mabel#39;s parents didn#39;t agree to marry their daughter to a poor young man.So they began to travel in America and didn#39;t let the girl come back to London.She wrote a letter to Jim and told him about it.Of course the young man hadn#39;t enough money to go to see her.He was so sad that he began to drink.It was Saturday one day.Jim didn#39;t go to work.He came to a bar and sat down to drink again.Just then Mike,an old friend of his,came in.Jim asked him to drink with ,he told Mike all and the young man felt sorry for him.But he didn#39;t know what to do,either.Then they stopped talking and drank.After a while they were both drunk and left.Mike wanted to take his friend home.When they passed a zoo,they went in and walked to acage in which there were two tigers.Having seen them,a tiger roared.Mike was afraid and said,“Let#39;s go.It#39;s dangerous to stand here.”。
英语小故事50篇带翻译
Story 1 I Don’t Like HerBob goes to a new school.One day he comes back, “Bob, do you like your new teacher?” his mother asks.“I don’t like her, Mother. Because first she says that three and three is six, and then she says that two and four is si x, too.”故事1 我不喜欢她鲍勃的去了所新学校。
一天，他回到家，他妈妈问他：“你喜欢你的新老师吗？”“不，我不喜欢她，妈妈。
因为她先说3加3等于6，然后她又说2加4等于6.”Story 2 Ten CandiesMother asks her son, “Jim, if you have ten candies, and you eat four, then how many candles do you have?”“Ten.” Jim says.“Then,” Mo ther asks.“Yes, Mum. Four candles are in my stomach and six candies are out of my stomach. Four and six is ten, isn’t it right?”故事2 十块糖妈妈问儿子：“吉姆，如果你有10块糖，吃了4块，那你还有几块糖？”“10块。
”吉姆说。
“10块？”妈妈问。
“是的，妈妈。
因为4块在我的肚子里面，6块在肚子外面，4加6等于10，不对吗？”Story 3 Count Tomorrow MorningIt’s a right. John is looking at the sky.Tom is John’s younger brother. He asks John “What are you doing?”John says, “I’m counting stars.”Tom laughs and says, “It’s really dark now. Why not count them tomorrow morning?”故事3 明天早上数这是一个晚上。
简短的英语小故事(精选15篇)
简短的英语小故事（精选15篇）简短的英语小故事第1篇有一天某位女士看到一只老鼠在自家的厨房地板上窜过。
她很害怕老鼠，所以她冲出屋子，搭上了公共汽车直奔商店。
在那儿，她买了一只老鼠夹。
店主告诉她：“放点奶酪在里面，很快你就会逮住那只老鼠的。
”这位女士带着鼠夹回到家里，但她没有在碗橱里找到奶酪。
她不想再回到商店里去，因为已经很晚了。
于是，她就从一份杂志中剪下一幅奶酪的图片放进了夹子。
令人称奇的是，这画有奶酪的图片竟然奏效了!第二天早上，这位女士下楼到厨房时，发现鼠夹里奶酪图片旁有一张画有老鼠的图片!Gardening GlovesFor months I hinted that I needed a new wedding ring, since I had developed an allergy to gold. On my birthday, while I was gardening, my husband asked me for gift suggestions. I held my hands up and said, "Well, you‘ll notice that my hands are bare."Later that evening I opened my present with enthusiasm. "Happy birthday," he said, as I unwrapped a new pair of gardening gloves. 简短的英语小故事第2篇A Clever HareBilly hare is hungry and finds a radish. What he picks it up, Mr. Fox is behind him and wants to eat him. “I’m hungry, too. You’re my dinner. I’m going to eat you,” he says.Billy Hare is shocked, but he isn’t scared. He says, “Follow me. I have better food for you.”They go to a well.“Look down here,” Billy Hare says “There is something in the water. “What’s that?” Mr. Fox asks surprisingly. “It’s a big and fat hen. Let’s get down and fetch it.” Billy Hare says and gets down with a pail.“Can you out the hen into the pail?” Mr. Fox shouts. “No. She’s too big,” Billy Hare says, “Come down, please. We can take her up together. Jump into the other pail.”Mr. Fox does so. When he gets down, Billy Hare gets up. “Good-bye!” Billy Hare gets out of the well and says. Mr. Fox can’t get out.聪明的野兔野兔比利很饿，他找到了一只萝卜。
英国著名简短小故事
1.简短的英语小故事这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。
他非常的害怕，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。
大象非常强壮，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。
Story 2 The Old Man and the Old Cat An old man has a cat. The cat is very old, too. He runs very quickly. And his teeth are bad. One evening, the old cat sees a little mouse. He catches it, but he can't eat it because his teeth are not strong enough. The mouse runs away. The old man is very angry. He beats his cat. He says: “You are a fool cat. I will punish you!” the cat is very sad. He thinks:“When I was young, I worked hard for you. Now you don't like me because I'm too old to work. You should know you are old, too.”故事二老人和老猫一个年迈的老人养一只猫。
这只猫也非常老了。
她跑得很快，但是牙齿很糟糕。
一天王还是那个，这只老猫看见一只小老鼠。
它抓住了小老鼠，但是它却吃不了它，因为它的牙齿不够锋利了。
这只小老鼠逃跑了。
老人很生气，他打了小猫，并且对它说：“你这只蠢猫！我要惩罚你！”猫非常伤心，它想：“在我还年轻的时候，我为你努力工作。
50篇单词故事
1 Fall in Love with English爱上英语1 Hiding behind the loose dusty curtain, a teenager pack ed up his overcoat into the suitcase.2He planned to leave home at dusk though there was thunder and lightning outdoors.3 He had got to do this because he was tired of his parents' nagging about his English study and did not want to go through it any longer.4 He couldn't get along well with English and dislik ed join ing in English classes because he thought his teacher ignore d him on purpose. 5 As a result, his score in each exam never add ed up to over 60.6 His partner was concerned about him very much.7 She understood exactly what he was suffer ing from,but entirely disagree d with his idea.8 In order to calm him down and settle his problem, she talked with him face to face and swap ped a series of learning tip s with him.9 The item s she set down helped him find the "highway" to studying English well.10 The teenager was grateful and got great power from his friend's words.11 Now, he has recover ed from being upset and has fall en in love with English. (42 new) 有个少年躲在积满灰尘的松散窗帘后把大衣装入手提箱。
英语小故事
英语小故事100字英语小故事（通用25篇）故事：在现实认知观的基础上，对其描写成非常态性现象。
是文学体裁的一种，侧重于事件发展过程的描述。
强调情节的生动性和连贯性，较适于口头讲述。
以下是店铺为大家整理的英语小故事，欢迎阅读与收藏。
英语小故事篇1A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.Zeal should not outrun discretion.有只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一个水瓶，以为是真的。
他立刻呼呼地猛飞过去，不料一头碰撞在画板上，折断了翅膀，摔在地上，被人轻易地捉住了。
这是说，有些人想急于得到所需的东西，一时冲动，草率从事，就会身遭不幸。
英语小故事篇2One day a rabbit was walking near the hill. He heard someone crying,‘Help! Help!’It was a wolf. A big stone was on the wolfs back. He cried, "Mr. Rabbit, take this big stone from my back, or I will die."The Rabbit moved the stone from the wolfs back. Then the wolf jumped and caught the rabbit.“If you kill me, I will never help you again.” Cried the rabbit . “Ha,ha!You will not live, because I will kill you." said the wolf.‘I helped you. How can you kill me? It’s unfair. You ask Mrs.Duck. She will say that you are wrong." said the rabbit. “I will ask her,” said the wolf.So they went to ask Mrs. Duck. The duck listened to their story and said,” What stone? I must see it. Then I can know who is right. “So the wolf and the rabbit and the duck went to see the stone."Now, put the stone back," said Mrs. Duck. So they put the stone back. Now the big stone is on the wolf’s back again.That’s all for my story. Thanks for listening.兔子和狼一天，兔子先生正在山坡附近遛哒，他听到有人在呼救：“救命呀!救命呀!”他这边瞧瞧，那边望望，他发现了可怜的狼先生，一块大石头掉下来压在狼先生的背上，他起不来了。
初二英语小故事
初二英语小故事初二英语小故事（通用20篇）故事，在现实认知观的基础上，对其描写成非常态性现象，是文学体裁的一种，侧重于事件发展过程的描述。
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初二英语小故事 1he story happened during the Second World War(战争).An old man lived in a small town of Germany.He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked.After the war had begun ， his sons were all made to join the army one after another and they all died in the frights .The old man was very sad .he didn’t have enough food and was often hungry .And nobody helped him and he didn’t know how to go in living .It was a very cold winter night .The old man couldn’t go to sleep .He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold in his room that ice could be seen .He had to get up and begun to run in the room until he lay down on the ground.The neXt morning he had to beg from door to door.He had been to a lot of cities and knew a lot.Once he came to a village ， but the villages were all poor and couldn’t give him anything .He was too hungry to go to another village .He thought hard and found a way .He came toa police station and called out ，“Hitler is a foolish pig !"Out came an old policeman at once .He took the old man into a room ， gave him some bread and a cup of tea .Then he said ，“Don’t say in our village ， sir !”初二英语小故事 2Grandma Li lived alone in an old building.She was old and didn’t like noise at all.The young man and woman 46 always made much noise every night， so she couldn’t 47 .When the young man and woman moved out of the building， Grandma Li was very 48 .Another young man moved in and Grandma Li thought，“Well，he 49 .”But at three o’clock the neXt morning， when Grandma Li 50 ， some noise 51.She 52carefully.It was a dog.She thought，“There wasn’t any dog here before.It 53be the young man’s.” She 54 him and telephoned the young man at once.Before the young man could say something， she stopped the call.Nothing more happened 55 four o’clock.Then Grandma Li’s telephone rang.When she answered the phone， she heard，“I’m the man upstairs.I’m sorry to trouble you， but I want to tell you I don’t have a dog at all!”初二英语小故事 3The hares once gathered together and lamented theunhappiness of their lot， eXposed as they were to dangers on all sides and lacking the strength and the courage to hold their own.Men， dogs， birds and beasts of prey were all their enemies，and killed and devoured them daily: and sooner than endure such persecution any longer， they one and all determined to end their miserable lives.Thus resolved and desperate， they rushed in a body towards a neighbouring pool， intending to drown themselves.On the bank were sitting a number of frogs， who， when they heard the noise of the hares as they ran， with one accord leaped into the water and hid themselves in the depths.Then one of the older hares who was wiser than the rest cried out to his companions， "Stop， my friends， take heart; dont let us destroy ourselves after all: see， here are creatures who are afraid of us， and who must， therefore， be still more timid than ourselves."有一次，众多野兔聚集在一起，哀悼自己不幸的命运，方方面面都遭遇危险，而他们却缺乏勇气和力量去掌握自己的命运。