英语寓言小故事25篇

英语寓言小故事英语寓言小故事2525篇篇 英语寓言小故事（一） A mouse once took a bite out of a bulls tail as he lay dozing 。 The bull jumped up in a rage and， with his head low to the ground， chased the mouse right across the yard。 The mouse was too quick for him， however， and slipped easily into a hole in the wall。 The bull charged the wall furiously again and again， but although he bruised his head and chipped his horns， the mouse stayed safely inside his hole。 After a time the bull gave up and sank down to rest again。 As soon as the bull was asleep， the little mouse crept to the mouth of the hole， pattered across the yard， bit the bull again -- this time on the nose -- and rushed back to safety 。 As the bull roared helplessly the mouse squeaked “Its not always the big people who e off best。 Sometimes the small ones win， you know。“ 老鼠和公牛 有一次，公牛躺着打盹，一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴。公牛怒气冲冲地跳起来，低着头追老鼠，一向 追过院子。然而，老鼠跑得比他快多了，从容地钻到墙洞里去了。 公牛一次又一次地猛撞墙壁，尽管头撞肿了，角撞裂了，老鼠却安然待在洞里。过了一会儿，公 牛不撞了，倒下歇着。 公牛刚睡着，小老鼠就爬到洞口，嗒嗒地跑过院子，又咬了公牛一口这回咬了鼻子又跑回安 全的地方去。当公牛毫无办法地吼叫时，老鼠吱吱叫道 “大人物并不总占上风。有时小人物也会取胜。“ 英语寓言小故事（二） On a vacation trip， Duke Huan of the state of Qi came to the ruin of the capital of Guo Shi ， which perished long ago。 Seeing the desolate and bleak prospects of broken tiles，collapsed walls，and clusters of weeds， he could not help asking the local people about the reason of the ruin of Guo Shi。 They replied，“Guo Shi was fond of doing good deeds， and averse to evildoing， which led to the perdition。“ When the Duke could not understand the answer， people explained ，“ Though he liked doing good， he had never been able to do so; though he hated evildoing， never could he help not participating。 That caused the ruin of his capital。“ 郭氏之墟 齐桓公出游途中，来到已经灭亡许久的郭氏都城的废墟。 看到瓦砾残垣、杂草丛生的萧条景象，忍不住问当地百姓郭氏灭亡的原因。 百姓们回答说“郭氏由于喜爱善行善事。厌恶邪恶丑行而导致灭亡。“ 齐桓公不能理解这种回答，百姓们便解释说“郭氏虽然喜爱善行善事，但从来都不能做到;尽管 厌恶邪恶丑行，却总是忍不住参与其中。这就是他的都城变成废墟的原因。“ 英语寓言小故事（三） Making His Mark A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly。 Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped， hoping to find it later。 When the boat stopped moving， he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat。 As we know， the boat had moved but the sword had not。 Isnt this a very foolish way to look for a sword 刻舟求剑 楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不细心把自我的一把宝剑掉落江中。他立刻掏出一把小刀，在宝剑落 水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他 怎样找得到宝剑呢船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。 英语寓言小故事（四） The miser and his gold Once upon a time there was a miser 。He hid his gold under a tree。Every week he used to dig it up。 One night a robber stole all the gold。 When the miser came again， he found nothing but an empty hole。 He was surprised， and then burst into tears。All the neighbors gathered around him。 He told them how he used to e and visit his gold。 “Did you ever take any of it out“ asked one of them 。“No， “ he said，“I only came to look at it。 “ “Then e again and look at the hole， “ said the neighbor，“