【篇一】短篇幽默英語寓言故事
Long ago,there was a big cat in the house. He caught many mice while they were stealingfood.
One day the mice had a meetingto talk about the way to deal with their common enemy. Some said this,, andsome said that.
At last a young mouse gotup, and said that he had a good idea.
"We could tie a bellaround the neck of the cat. Then when he comes near, we can hear the sound ofthe bell, and run away."
Everyone approved of thisproposal, but an old wise mouse got up and said, "That is all very well,but who will tie the bell to the cat?" The mice looked at each other, butnobody spoke.
從前，一所房子里面有一只大貓，他抓住了很多偷東西的老鼠。
一天，老鼠在一起開會商量如何對付他們奇特的敵人。會上大家各有各的主張，最后，一只小老鼠站出來說他有一個好主意。
“咱們可能在貓的脖子上綁一個鈴鐺，那么如果他來到附近，咱們聽到鈴聲就能夠立即逃跑。”
大家都同意這個倡導(dǎo)，這時一只聰明的`老耗子站出來說：“這確切是個絕妙的主意，然而誰來給貓的脖子上綁鈴鐺呢?”老鼠們面面相覷，誰也不談話。
寓意：有些事件說起來容易，做起來卻很難。
【篇二】短篇幽默英語寓言故事
Zhuang Zhou's family was poor. Once, he went to the official who supervised1 rivers to borrow some grain. The official said: "Well, wait until the end of the year when I collect the taxes from the people, then I will lend you 300 gold pieces. All right?"
When Zhuang Zhou heard this, he was so angry that the colow of his face changed. But he told the official this story: When I came here yesterday, on the way I heard a voice calling 'Help!' I turned my head and saw a small crucian carp in the dried-up carriage ditch2."
I went over and asked: "Little crucian carp, why are you calling for help?"
The little crucian carp answered: "I am a subject of the Dragon King of the East China Sea. Unfortunately I fell down here. Can you give me a little water to save my life?"
I said: "All right, I am just going to the south to sell ideas to the kings of the States of Wu and Yue. I will ask them to stir3 up the water of the Xijiang River to welcome you. Will that do?"
When the crucian carp heard this, it got angry and said: "When I lose the water which is always with me, I cannot survive. Now, I want only a little bit of water so that I can survive.Yet you say such things. Then you'd better go to the salt-fish shop to look for me."
莊周家境貧窮。一次，他去監(jiān)河侯那里借糧食，監(jiān)河侯說：“好吧!等到年底，我收到了老百姓的稅金時，就借給你三百金，行嗎?”
莊周一聽，氣得臉色都變了，但是他卻對監(jiān)河侯講了這樣一件事情：我昨天來時，半路上聽到‘救命’的呼喊聲。我回過頭來，看見干涸的車溝里有條小螂魚。
我走過去，問它： “小娜魚，你為什么喊救命?”
小鯉魚回答說：“我是東海龍王的臣子，不幸落到這里。您能夠給我一些水來救我活命嗎?”
我說：“好吧!我正好要去南方游說吳國和越國的國王，那我就請他們激起西江的大水來迎接您，可以嗎?”
卿魚聽了，氣得不得了，說：“我失去了常跟我在一起的水，就無法生存下去了�，F(xiàn)在，我只要得到一些水，就能夠生存下去;你卻說出這樣的話。好吧，你不如趁早到咸魚店里去找我吧!”
【篇三】短篇幽默英語寓言故事
According to legend, there was a kind of birds called "dais" (swallow) on the East China Sea.
The Yidais were slow in reaction. They could not fly very high and seemed clumsy andincapable1.
But when they moved about, they always moved in groups, depended on one another for survival, and flew and landed together.
When they advanced, no one dared to advance rashly. When they retreated, no one dared to fall behind at will. When they fed, no one dared to scramble2 to be the first. All their activities were orderly.
When they went into action,萬 dais always acted uniformly without any disorder3. They depended upon the collective efforts to avoid any harm from the outside world.
傳說，東海上有一種叫做“意怠”的鳥。
意怠反應(yīng)比較遲鈍，不能高飛，似乎笨拙無能。
但是，它們行動的時候，總是成群結(jié)隊，相依為命，一起飛翔，一起降落。
它們前進(jìn)的時候，沒有一只敢擅自冒進(jìn);后退的時候，沒有一只敢隨便掉隊;吃食的時候，也沒有一只敢搶先。一切活動，都很有秩序。
意怠行動起來總是這樣一致而不散亂，它們就是靠著集體的力量來避免外界對自己的傷害。
【篇四】短篇幽默英語寓言故事
A singing-bird was confined1 in a cage which hung outside a window, and had a way of singing at night when all other birds were asleep. One night a bat came and clung2 to the bars of the cage, and asked the bird why she was silent by day and sang only at night. "I have a very good reason for doing so," said the bird: "it was once when I was singing in the daytime that a fowler was attracted by my voice, and set his nets for me and caught me. Since then I have never sung except by night." But the bat replied, "It is no use your doing that now when you are a prisoner. If only you had done so before you were caught, you might still have been free."
Precautions3 are useless after the event.
一只畫眉鳥被囚禁在窗外掛著的一個籠子里，當(dāng)其他鳥兒都酣睡時，她卻在夜里唱歌。有一個夜晚，蝙蝠飛過來，抓住鳥籠的.柵欄，問她為什么白天默默無聲，卻在夜里放聲歌唱。小鳥回答說：“我這樣做是有道理的，曾經(jīng)有一次，當(dāng)我在白天唱歌時，一個捕鳥人被我的歌聲吸引，就用鳥籠子捉住了我。從此我只在夜里歌唱�！笨墒�，蝙蝠卻說：“你現(xiàn)在這樣做根本沒用了，因?yàn)槟阋呀?jīng)成為階下囚。若是在被捉住之前這樣做就好了，那樣或許你依然是自由之身!”
待事情發(fā)生之后再預(yù)防，為時已晚。
【篇五】短篇幽默英語寓言故事
A wild ass1 saw a pack-ass jogging along under a heavy load, and taunted2 him with the condition of slavery in which he lived, in these words: "What a vile3 lot is yours compared with mine! I am free as the air, and never do a stoke of work; and, as for fodder4, I have only to go to the hills and there I find far more than enough for my needs. But you! You depend on your master for food, and he makes you carry heavy loads every day and beats you unmercifully." At that moment a lion appeared on the scene, and made no attempt to molest5 the pack-ass owing to the presence of the driver, but he fell upon the wild ass, who had no one to protect him, and without more ado made a meal of him.
It is no use being your own master unless you can stand up for yourself.
一頭野驢看到一頭家驢背負(fù)這沉重的貨物一路小跑，便譏諷他過著奴隸般的生活：“和我相比，你過得多么卑微呀!我自由自在地享受著大自然，從不下苦力，說道食物，我只需要跑到山上去，就能發(fā)現(xiàn)大量吃的東西。再看看你!只能依靠主人施舍吃點(diǎn)，他不僅每天都讓你馱重物，還無情地鞭打你。”這時，一只獅子出現(xiàn)在他們的視野中，由于驢夫的出現(xiàn)，獅子沒有騷擾家驢，直接撲向了沒有保護(hù)者的野驢，立即吃掉了野驢。
除非能照顧好自己，否則做自己的主人一點(diǎn)用也沒有。
