简单英语小故事

1. The Dog In The Manger（牛槽裡的狗）

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.”

\ 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 Dove（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 day 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. \me. I didn't mean to do you any harm. Let me go. I shall return your kindness.\

\ laughed the 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, \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. \ 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.”

11.The Fox and the Grapes（狐狸與葡萄）

Early in the fall, a fox saw ripe grapes in a garden. He wanted to eat them.

He said to himself, “How lucky I am! I've found some nice grapes.” He crept into the garden, and came to the grapes. He jumped up at the grapes, but he could not reach them. He jumped again and again, but in vain.

At last he gave it up, and said to himself, “The grapes are sour. I don't want sour grapes.” And he went away.

12.The Dog, the Cock and the Fox（狗、公雞和狐狸）

A dog and a cock were good friends and they were traveling together.

When night came on, the cock flew up to a tree and slept there, and the god found a hollow in the same tree and slept in it. When the morning came, the cock woke up and began to crow.

A hungry fox heard this crow and wanted to get the cock for his dinner. Then the fox said to the cock, “What a beautiful morning this is! I want to talk to you. You have a very sweet voice. Won’t you come down and have a chat with me?”

“Thank you, Mr. Fox. But how about your coming up here? It is very nice and cool here,” replied the cock. “All right, I will. But how can I get up?” asked the fox. “Just go round the trunk below me, and wake my servant in a hollow. He will open the door for you,” said the cock. The fox came near the hollow. And the dog rushed out, sprang upon the fox and killed it at once.

13.The Wolf and the Crane（狼與鶴）

One day a wolf was eating his dinner hastily and swallowed a bone. It stuck in his throat. He tried to get it out, but he could not.

Just then a crane flew down to him. “ Dear Crane!” said the wolf to the crane. “I'm in trouble. A bone has stuck in my throat. Will you put your head into my throat and pull it out? You have a very long neck and I'm sure you can reach it. I will pay you well for it.”

“All right. I'll help you. Open your mouth as wide as you can,” said the crane, and put his head into the wolf’s mouth and pulled out the bone. “Thank you very much, my friend,” said the wolf. “Now I must be paid for the work,” said the crane.

“Well,” said the wolf. “You put your head into my throat, but I did not bite off your head. Isn't that enough for you? Go along and don't talk about rewards.”

14.The man, his Son and their Donkey（一個人和他的兒子與他們的驢子）

A man and his son were driving their donkey along a country road. They saw some girls drawing water at a well.

One of the girls said, “oh, look! How silly they are! A man and a boy are walking along beside their donkey, and nobody is riding it.”

The man heard this and said to his son, “You had better ride our donkey. You are light, so you will not tire our donkey.” In a little while they met three old men. One of them said, “see here! The boy is riding a donkey and his old father is walking by his side. The young boy does of take care of his old father.”

And the man got on the donkey and his son walked along beside it. Now they were very happy. But soon afterward they met three women. Fastened it to a pole. They lifted it to their shoulders and carried it along to the town. When they came to a bridge, everyone laughed at them. And the donkey did not like the noise and began to kick. It broke the rope, fell into the water and was drowned. So the old man had to take his son and go home. The man said to his son, “He who tries to please everybody pleases nobody after all.”

15.The Ants and the Grasshopper（螞蟻與蚱蜢）

One fine winter day some ants were working in the field. They were drying their food in the sun, and were very busy. Just then a grasshopper passed by. He was very hungry.

“Good day, kind Ants,” said the grasshopper. “I am very hungry. Won't you lend me a little food? I have nothing to eat. I will pay you before the next fall.” “Have you no food of your own? Why did you not gather any food during the summer? You know there was much food in the field last summer. What were you doing then?” asked an old ant.

The grasshopper replied; “I was singing all day and night during the summer. And so I had no time to gather any food. Please lend me some food.” “Well, then,” said the ant. “As you sang all the summer, you had better dance all the winter. You only played and did not work during the summer. We'll never lend you any food.” And the ants went on working.

16.Jack and the Robber（傑克與強盜）

Jack was a farmer's boy. Once he drove his cart to market. He had butter and eggs to sell.

He met a woman on the way. She gave him a piece of silver for a little butter. Then he met a boy. The boy gave him a piece of silver for six eggs.

Soon Jack had plenty of silver in his pocket. As Jack went along, a man came up to him, and said, “Stop!”

So Jack stopped on the way again. The man gave him some wine. Jack drank it, and fell asleep on the roadside. When Jack woke up, his silver was not in his pocket. It was all gone. The man was a robber, and poor Jack went home sadly.

17.Abraham Lincoln（亞伯拉罕?林肯）

ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S father and mother were very poor and the family lived in a log cabin in the wood.

Abraham had to walk about five miles to school, as there was no school near his eleven years old, he had to leave school and work He loved to study and after working hard all day, he user to study to study by the firelight. He grew to be a wise and good man. He was elected President of the United States.

At that time there was a war between the North and the South. The people of the South wanted to own slaves, but those of the North thought that it was wrong to own slaves. Then the South and the North fought for four years and at last the North won and the slaves were set free.

18.A Bad Dream（一個惡夢）

One afternoon Ben was playing in the back yard, A big black cat jumped over the fence and lay down among his mother's plants. Ben crept up to the cat. He caught it by the tail and dropped it into a tub of water.

His mother looked out of the window and saw him. She called him into the house and scolded him for such a cruelty. Then she told him that he must go to bed and stay there till evening.

Before long Ben fell asleep. He dreamed that he grew very small A very very big cat seized him in its mouth and ran away with him He kicked and screamed, but he could not get away, At last the cat dropped him and he fell into a big pond. He sand down, down into the cold water. Then he woke up.

19.King Alfred and the Cakes（阿佛列王與糕餅）

King ALFRED O f England once led his army to fight with another army and was beaten. So he had to run away through the woods and swamps to save his life.

One evening he came to a woodcutter’s hut. He was very tired and hungry, so he begged the woodcutter’s wife to give him something to eat and a place to sleep in. He was ragged and dirty and she did not know that he was the king. She felt so sorry for him that she told him to come in and gave hem a seat near the fire.

She was baking some cakes. She said to King Alfred, “ I must go and milk the cow. Watch the cakes and do not let them burn. “ The king was willing to do this, but he kept thinking about his army and soon forgot all about the cakes. In a few minutes the woman came back and found the cakes burning. She was so angry that she struck the king with a stick and cried, “ You lazy fellow! You want to eat, but you do not want to work.”

20.Tony's Lie（湯尼的謊言）

One day Tony was a very bad boy. He told a lie to his mother. That night felt very unhappy. He did not want to play with the children.

He sat on the doorstep alone. He looked up in the sky and saw the big round moon. He thought that it was looking down upon him, because it knew about the lie. He ran down the street to get away from it, but it kept following him. Then he crept into the house and went to bed, but the moon looked at him through the window. He pulled the sheet over his head, but he could not sleep. Then he crawled under the bed and lay there in the dark. He thought and thought about the lie.

At last he decided to tell his mother all about it. He told her the truth and she forgave him. He promised never to tell a lie again.

He went back to bed and was soon fast asleep. He dreamed that the moon smiled down upon him.

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