故事集合

Owen

1. The Dog In The Manger（牛槽里的狗）

    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（狮子、熊与狐狸）

   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.”

  "No, no,"  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（男孩与青蛙）

    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（两个旅人）

  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（蚂蚁与鸽子）

   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（公鸡与宝石）

    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 Goat（狼与山羊）

      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 dry grass than be eaten by a wolf,” said the goat.

8.The Hare and the Tortoise（野兔与乌龟）

        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（狮子与老鼠）

    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. " Please forgive me. I didn't mean to do you any harm. Let me go. I shall return your kindness."

        " Ha, ha, ha,"  laughed the lion. " How can a little thing like you help a great 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, " You were very 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.

        " Thank you, little Mouse!"  said the lion, and he walked away.

10.The Trees and the Ax（树与斧头）

      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.”