有深意的英文小故事

有深意的英文小故事英語小故事一：APIGEON（鴿子）Apigeon,oppressedbyexcessivethirst,sawagobletofwaterpaintedonasignboard.Notsupposingittobeonlyapicture,sheflewtowardsitwithaloudwhirandunwittinglydashedagainstthesignboard,jarringherselfterribly.Havingbrokenherwingsbytheblow,shefelltotheground,andwascaughtbyoneofthebystanders.Moral：Zealshouldnotoutrundiscretion.一只鴿子口渴得很難受，看見畫板上畫著一只水杯。她并不以為那只是一幅畫，而是發(fā)出一聲響亮的呼嚕聲，朝畫飛去，無意中撞在了招牌上，把自己撞得很不穩(wěn)。她的翅膀被風(fēng)吹斷了，摔在地上，被一個旁觀者抓住。寓意：熱情不應(yīng)超過謹(jǐn)慎。英語小故事二：TheRavenandtheSwan（烏鴉和天鵝）AravensawaSwananddesiredtosecureforhimselfthesamebeautifulplumage.SupposingthattheSwan'ssplendidwhitecolorarosefromhiswashinginthewaterinwhichheswam,theRavenleftthealtarsintheneighborhoodwherehepickeduphisliving,andtookupresidenceinthelakesandpools.Butcleansinghisfeathersasoftenashewould,hecouldnotchangetheircolor,whilethroughwantoffoodheperished.Moral：ChangeofhabitcannotalterNature.一只烏鴉看到了一只天鵝，想要得到同樣美麗的羽毛。假如天鵝的美麗的白色是由于它在水里游泳時洗過澡而產(chǎn)生的，那么烏鴉就離開它生活的地方，到湖里和水潭里去住下來。但是，盡管他經(jīng)常清洗自己的羽毛，卻無法改變它們的顏色，而由于缺乏食物，他就死了。寓意：人的本性不會隨著生活方式的改變而改變。英語小故事三：TheBatandtheWeasels（蝙蝠與黃鼠狼）AbatwhofelluponthegroundandwascaughtbyaWeaselpleadedtobesparedhislife.TheWeaselrefused,sayingthathewasbynaturetheenemyofallbirds.TheBatassuredhimthathewasnotabird,butamouse,andthuswassetfree.ShortlyafterwardstheBatagainfelltothegroundandwascaughtbyanotherWeasel,whomhelikewiseentreatednottoeathim.TheWeaselsaidthathehadaspecialhostilitytomice.TheBatassuredhimthathewasnotamouse,butabat,andthusasecondtimeescaped.Moral：Itiswisetoturncircumstancestogoodaccount.一只蝙蝠墜落到地上，被黃鼠狼叼去，他請求饒命。黃鼠狼拒絕了，說他生來就是鳥類的天敵。蝙蝠向他保證他不是一只鳥，而是一只老鼠,于是就被放了出來。不一會兒，蝙蝠又掉到地上，被另一只黃鼠狼捉住了，他請求討?zhàn)?。黃鼠狼說他特別恨老鼠。蝙蝠向他保證自己不是老鼠，而是一只蝙蝠，因此第二次逃走了。寓意：我們遇事要隨機(jī)應(yīng)變方能避免危險。英語小故事四：TheAssandtheGrasshopper（驢子與蚱蠕）AnasshavingheardsomeGrasshopperschirping,washighlyenchanted;and,desiringtopossessthesamecharmsofmelody,demandedwhatsortoffoodtheylivedontogivethemsuchbeautifulvoices.Theyreplied,MThedew.”TheAssresolvedthathewouldliveonlyupondew,andinashorttimediedofhunger.Moral：Peopleshouldnotexpectanythingoutofproportion.驢子聽見蚱螭唱歌，被美妙動聽的歌聲所打動，自己也想能發(fā)出同樣悅耳動聽的聲音，便羨慕地問他們吃些什么，才能發(fā)出如此美妙的聲音來。蚱蠕答道：“吃露水?！斌H子便也只吃露水，沒多久就餓死了。寓意：這個故事告訴人們不要企望非份之物。英語小故事五：TheDogandtheShadow（狗和影子）IthappenedthataDoghadgotapieceofmeatandwascarryingithomeinhismouthtoeatitinpeace.Now,onhiswayhomehehadtocrossaplanklyingacrossarunningbrook.Ashecrossed,helookeddownandsawhisownshadowreflectedinthewaterbeneath.Thinkingitwasanotherdogwithanotherpieceofmeat,hemadeuphismindtohavethatalso.Sohemadeasnapattheshadowinthewater,butasheopenedhismouththepieceofmeatfellout,droppedintothewaterandwasneverseenmore.Moral：Bewarelestyoulosethesubstancebygraspingattheshadow.一只狗嘴里銜著一塊肉，走過一條河上面的橋，看見他自己在水里的影子，以為是另一只狗，那時狗銜著的肉，比他自己的還要大一倍。因此他仍掉自己的那一塊，狠狠地?fù)湎蚰侵还罚電Z到那一塊較大的肉。結(jié)果兩頭都落了空，因?yàn)樗胍ト≡谒械哪且粔K，只不過是一個影子，而原來的那一塊，也被水沖走了。寓意：謹(jǐn)記，切莫因追逐幻影而丟失已有的東西英語小故事六：Apple（蘋果）Amanwasgoingtothehouseofsomerichperson.Ashewentalongtheroad,hesawaboxofgoodapplesatthesideoftheroad.Hesaid,“1donotwanttoeatthoseapples;fortherichmanwillgivememuchfood;hewillgivemeverynicefoodtoeat.”Thenhetooktheapplesandthrewthemawayintothedust.Hewentonandcametoariver.Theriverhadbecomeverybig;sohecouldnotgooverit.Hewaitedforsometime;thenhesaidJIcannotgototherichman'shousetoday,forIcannotgetovertheriver.”Hebegantogohome.Hehadeatennofoodthatday.Hebegantowantfood.Hecametotheapples,andhewasgladtotakethemoutofthedustandeatthem.Moral：Donotthrowgoodthingsaway;youmaybegladtohavethematsomeothertime.一個男人要去一個富人的房子。當(dāng)他沿著路走時，他看見路邊有一箱好蘋果。他說:“我不想吃那些蘋果;因?yàn)槟歉蛔闳吮亟o我許多食物。他會給我很好的食物吃?！比缓笏闷鹛O果，把它們?nèi)拥綁m土里。他繼續(xù)往前走，來到一條河邊。河水變得很大;所以他不能把它翻過來。他等了一會兒;然后他說:“我今天不能去富人家了，因?yàn)槲疫^不了河?！彼_始回家。那天他沒有吃東西。他開始想吃東西了。他來到蘋果旁，高興地把它們從塵土中揀出來吃。寓意：不要把好東西扔掉，換個時候你會覺得它們大有用處。英語小故事七:Abirdinadunghill（糞堆里的小鳥）Alittlebirdflytosouthforthewinter.Itwasverycold,almostfrozenbird.Hence,flytoalargespace,afteracowthere,inapileofcowdunguponthebird,frozenbirdlyingonthedunghill,feelverywarm,graduallyrecovered,itiswarmandcomfortablelying,andsoonbegantosingsongs,apassingwildcathearvoices,see,followthevoice,wildcatsquicklyfoundlyingonthedunghillbird5pullitoutandeatit.Moral：Thewayofexistence:noteveryonetoleadthedunguponyourpeopleareyourenemy.Eachofyouisnotfromthedunghilllirepeopleareyourfriends,and,whenyoulyingonthedunghill,hadbetterkeepyourmouthshut.一只小鳥飛往南方過冬。這是一只非常冷，幾乎凍僵的鳥。因此，飛到一個大空間，一頭牛,在一堆牛糞鳥，凍鳥躺在糞堆里，覺得很溫暖，漸漸恢復(fù)，它是溫暖和舒適的躺著，并很快開始唱歌的時候,一個路過的野貓聽到聲音，看到，順著聲音，野貓很快發(fā)現(xiàn)了躺在糞堆里的小鳥,把它拽出來吃了。寓意：不是每個往你身上拉大糞的人都是你的敵人。也不是每個把你從糞堆里拉出來的人都是你的朋友，還有，當(dāng)你躺在糞堆里時，最好把你的嘴閉上。英語小故事八：Thelioninlove（戀愛中的獅子）Aliononcefellinlovewithabeautifulgirl,sohewenttoherparentsandaskedthemtomarryhertohim.Theoldparentsdidnotknowwhattosay.Theydidnotliketheideaofgivingtheirdaughtertothelion,buttheydidnotwanttoenragethekingofbeasts.Atlastthefathersaid,nWearegladtomarryourdaughtertoyou,butwefearthatyoumightpossiblyhurther.Soifyouremoveyourclawsandteeth,wewillgivehertoyou.nThelionlovedthegirlverymuch,sohetrimmedhisclawsandtookouthisbigteeth.Whenhecametotheparentsagain,theysimplylaughedinhisface,andbeathimoutoftheirhouse.Moral：Somepeopleeasilybelievewhatotherssay,abandontheirownstrengths,andareeasilydefeatedbythosewhowereafraidofthem.一只獅子愛上了一位美麗的女孩兒，便找到她的父母向她求婚。女孩兒的父親不知道該如何回答，他不忍將女兒許配給野獸，但又害怕激怒這獸中之王。于是父親說：“我們很樂意將女兒嫁給你，但又怕你不小心傷害她，如果你拔去牙齒，剁掉利爪，我們就將女兒嫁給你。”獅子非常愛這個女孩兒，于是他修剪了爪子，拔掉了尖牙后又去找女孩的父母?？墒沁@時，他們嘲笑他，并把他趕了出去。寓意：有些人輕易相信別人的話，拋棄自己的長處，結(jié)果輕而易舉地被原來害怕他們的人擊敗了。英語小故事九：HerculesandPallas（赫爾克里斯與雅典娜）WhenHerculeswaswalkingintheforest,hesawaballlyingontheground.Hekickeditbecauseitblockedhisway.Tohissurprise,theballdidnotrollaway,butgrewmuchbiggerthanbefore.Sohekickeditagainmuchharder.Theharderhekicked,thebiggertheballgrew.Atlastitcompletelyfilleduptheroad.Pallasthenappeared.“Stop,Hercules,nshesaid."Stopkicking.Theball'snameisStrife.Letitaloneanditwillsoonbecomesmallagain.HMoral:liferequirespeacefulcoexistence,andfightsandconfrontationsoftendomoreharmthangood.赫爾克里斯森林里行走時，他看到地上有一個球。他踢它是因?yàn)樗鼡踝×怂穆?。令他吃驚的是，球并沒有滾走，而是比以前大了很多。于是他又狠狠地踢了一腳。他踢得越用力，球就長得越大。最后，整條路上都擠滿了人，雅典娜出現(xiàn)了?！安灰偬吡?，赫爾克里斯?！彼f?！皠e踢。這個球的名字叫沖突。不去管它，它很快又會變小的?！痹⒁猓荷钪行枰推焦蔡?，爭斗與對抗往往會帶來更大的危害。英語小故事十：Thehareandthetortoise（龜兔賽跑）Theharewasonceboastin