儿童英语小故事汇总5篇

英文在我们生活中变得越来越重要，给 儿童 讲英文 故事 ，有助于他们及早接触英语。下面我给大家介绍关于儿童英语小故事，方便大家学习。

儿童英语小故事1

There is a frog. He lives in a well and he never goes out of the well. He thinks the sky is as big as the mouth of the well.

One day a crow comes to the well. He sees the frog and says, "Frog, let's have a talk." Then the frog asks, "Where are you from?" "I fly from the sky," the crow says. The frog feels surprised and says, "The sky is only as big as the mouth of the well. How do you fly from the sky?"

The crow says, "The sky is very big. You always stay in the well, so you don't know the world is big."

The frog says, "I don't believe." But the crow says, "You can come out and have a look by yourself."

So the frog comes out from the well. He is very surprised. How big the world is!

在一口废弃的井里，居住着一只青蛙。这只小青蛙对自己生活的小天地可满意啦，一有机会就要吹嘘一番。

有一天，它吃饱喝足后，蹲在井栏上闲得无聊，忽然瞧见不远处有一只大海鳖在散步。青蛙赶紧扯开嗓门喊起话来：“喂，海鳖兄，快过来，快过来啊!”于是，海鳖来到枯井旁边。青蛙立刻打开了话匣子：“今天算你运气了，我让你开开眼界，参观一下我的住处。那简直是一座天堂!你大概从来也没有见过这样宽敞的住所吧?”海鳖探头往井里一瞧，只见浅浅的井底积了一汪长满绿苔的泥水，还闻到一股刺鼻的怪味儿。

海鳖皱了皱眉头，赶紧缩回了脑袋。青蛙根本没有注意海鳖的表情，挺着大肚子继续对海鳖夸口说：“你看，我住在这里多么惬意呀!我要高兴，就在井边跳跃游玩，累了就到井壁石洞里休息。有时把身子舒服地泡在水里，有时愉快地在稀泥中散散步。你看旁边的那些小昆虫、螃蟹和蝌蚪，它们谁能比我过得快乐呢!我独自一人占据这口废井，自由无比!海鳖兄，为什么不进到井中观赏游玩一下呢?”

海鳖听了青蛙的一番高谈阔论，感到盛情难却，便走向井口，可是左腿还没能全部伸进去，右腿的膝盖就被井栏卡住了。海鳖只好慢慢地退了回去，反问青蛙：“你见过大海吗?”青蛙摇摆头。海鳖接着说：“海的广阔，岂止千里;海的深度，何止千丈。古时候，十个年头里就有九年闹水灾，海水并不因此增多;八个年头里就有七年闹旱灾，海水也不因此而减少。大海不受旱涝影响，住在广阔无垠的大海里才是真正的享受快乐呢!”

青蛙听傻了，鼓着眼睛，半天合不拢嘴。

据此，后人演绎出了两个意思相近的 成语 ：“井底之蛙”和“坐井观天”。

儿童英语小故事2

The wolf and the fox wanted to eat the rabbit, but it wasn't easy to catch him.

One day the wolf said to the fox, "You go home and lie in bed. I'll tell the rabbit that you are dead. When he comes to look at you, you can jump up and catch him." That's a good idea," said the fox.

He went home at once. The wolf went to the rabbit's house and knocked at the door. "Who is it?" asked the rabbit. "It's the wolf. I've come to tell you that the fox is dead." Then the wolf went away.

The rabbit went to the fox's house. He looked in through the window and saw the fox lying in bed with his eyes closed. He thought, "Is the fox really dead or is he pretending to be dead? If he's not dead, he'll catch me when I go near him." so he said, "The wolf says that the fox is dead. But he doesn't look like a dead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always open." When the fox heard this, he thought, "I'll show him that I'm dead." So he opened his mouth.

The rabbit knew that the fox wasn't dead, and he ran as quickly as he could.

狼和狐狸想要吃掉兔子，但是这只兔子太难抓到了。

一天，狼对狐狸说：“你回家假装躺在床上。我去告诉兔子你已经死了。当他来看你的时候，你就可以跳起来抓住他了。”“真是个好主意!”狐狸说。

于是他立刻回到家。狼去兔子的房前敲了敲门，“是谁啊?”兔子问道。“狼，我是来告诉你狐狸已经死了。”说完狼就走开了。兔子去狐狸家看情况。他通过狐狸家的'窗户看到闭着眼睛的狐狸躺在床上。他想，狐狸是真的死了，还是在假装呢?如果他没有死，那么我走近他就会被他抓住。于是他说：“狼说狐狸死了。但是他看起来并不像死掉了呀。死去的狐狸通常都是张着嘴的。”狐狸听到这些话就想：我得证明自己是真的死了。于是他张开了嘴巴。

这时兔子知道狐狸并没有死，他就以最快的速度跑开啦。

儿童英语小故事3

An oak got talking with a reed one day: "you certainly have cause of nature to complain; why even a sparrow's weight for you is quite a strain. At even the slightest breeze that makes the ripples1 play, you quake as if you're touched with blight2; you bend and bow so desolate3, indeed you are a sorry sight."

"Now I, like Caucasus in all his pride and state 'Tis little that the rage of Phoebus I abate4; Laughing at hurricanes; beneath thunder's roar at ease, I stand as strong and straight, as though I bore a shield of peace inviolate5. For you each breath's a storm, for me the storm's a breeze. For you each breath's a storm, for me the storm's a breeze. If only you were growing somewhere close, then in the depths of shade that my broad boughs6 could lend you form stress of weather I could easily defend you.Alas7 that nature for your dwelling8 chose the banks of a Eolus, the stormy realm of air; No doubt, for such as you she found no time to care. 'You are full of charity,' the reed replied with scorn; 'But do not be distressed9! My lot can well be borne! If storms I fear, it is not for my sake."

"Though bend I must I shall not break; Tis little harm they do to me. Methinks, for you yourself more danger there may be Tis true that up till now, beneath the fiercest blast Your sturdy from stands firm and fast; from all its angry blows you face you never hide; but wait and see the end!"

And scarce the reed had thus replied when see, all sudden from the North. The boisterous10 aquilo with hail and rain broke forth11. The oak stood firm; the reed down to the earth must bend. On raged the storm still fiercer than before Till, roaring, from his root it tore, The tree that close to heaven his towering summit flaunted12 and in the realm of shade his sturdy foot had planted.

一天，一棵橡胶树和芦苇交谈。橡树说：“你的确有权抱怨老天，不是吗?即使是一只麻雀，你也会觉得沉重不堪。即使是引起涟漪的微风，你也会颤抖地像遇到灾难，你摇摇摆摆，俯首低头，十分凄凉，看着真让人悲哀心痛。”

“而我却像高加索山脉一样威严自豪……太阳的威严，对我只是小事一桩，狂风大作，我敢嗤之以鼻，雷声咆哮，我仍然安然自在，我矗立得笔直直遒劲，仿佛握着弓不破的和平之盾。对于你，清风拂过就是风暴，对于我，一场风暴只是徐徐和风。只要你生长在我的周围，我宽广的枝叶就可以借给你浓荫，遇到险厄的.天气，我就可以庇护你。可惜老天为你选择的住所是风神的河岸，是狂风暴雨的国土。无疑，像你这样，老天来不及照顾。”

芦苇鄙夷地说：“你真是一片好心，可你不用担心，我的的命令自能安然无恙!即使我害怕风暴，也不是因为我自己，虽然我要俯首弯腰，但是不会折断，暴风雨对我的损害并不大。我认为，你自己的危险倒可能更大，的确，到现在为止，再猛烈的风暴中，你茁壮的身体屹立不动，你也从未躲避过狂风暴雨的正面打击，可是，还是看看最后得结果吧!”

芦苇刚刚这样说完，突然之间，呼啸的北风夹带着冰雹，还有暴雨从北方袭来。橡树屹立不动，而芦苇必须俯倒在地，风雨更加狂暴了，那树尖钻入云霄、炫耀夸口的橡树，那跟深入浓荫下土壤内，茁壮的橡树，最终被呼啸的风连根拔起来了。

儿童英语小故事4

鹦鹉和猫

A man once bought a brilliantly-coloured parrot. Instead of locking it up in a cage or chaining it to a perch, he allowed it to fly free all over the house. The parrot was delighted at this and flapped from room to room, shrieking and screaming with happiness. At last he settled on the edge of a rich curtain.

"Who on earth are you ?" said a cross voice from below. "Stop that terrible noise at once."

The parrot saw a cat staring up at him from the carpet.

"I 'm a parrot. I 've just arrived and I 'm to make as much noise as I can," he said.

"Well, I 've lived here all my life," replied the cat ."I was born in this very house and I learned from my mother that it is best to keep quiet here."

"Keep quiet then, "said the parrot cheerfully. "I don't know what you do around here, but I know my job. My master bought me for my voice and I'm going to make sure he hears it."

Different people are valued for different things.

从前，有人买了一只毛色鲜艳的鹦鹉。他没有把鹦鹉关在笼子里，也没有用链条把他拴在栖木上，而让他在家里自由自在地飞来飞去。鹦鹉对此非常高兴，扑动翅膀，从一间屋子飞到另一间屋子，愉快地尖声叫着，最后停在华丽的帷幔的边上。

"你到底是谁?"从下面传来怒气冲冲的说话声，"马上住嘴，别发出那难听的声音。"

鹦鹉看见地毯上有一只猫抬头看着他。

"我是鹦鹉。 我刚到，我要使劲地吵吵。"他说。 "那你就一声不响吧，"鹦鹉欢快地说，"我不知道你在这儿干什么，可我知道我的活儿。主人为了我的声音才买我，我一定得让他听到。"

不同的人因有不同的特点而受重视。

儿童英语小故事5

男孩和荨麻

A boy was playing in the fields when he was stung by a nettle . He ran home to tell his mother what had happened.

"I only touched it lightly," he said, "and the nasty thing stung me."

"It stung you because you only touched it lightly," his mother told him." Next time you touch a nettle grasp it as tightly as you can. Then it won't sting you at all."

Face danger boldly.

有个男孩子在地里玩耍，被荨麻刺痛了。他跑回家去，告诉妈妈出了什么事。

"我不过轻轻地碰了它一下，"他说，"那讨厌的东西就把我刺痛了。"

"你只轻轻地碰了它一下，所以它才刺痛你，"妈妈对他说，"下一回你再碰到荨麻，就尽量紧紧地抓住它。那它就根本不会刺痛你了。"

要敢于面对危险。

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儿童英文故事汇总5篇

熟读 儿童 英语小 故事 可以让儿童更早接触英语,并且英语小故事比较有趣,儿童们会对英语产生兴趣。下面我给大家介绍关于儿童英文故事，方便大家学习。

儿童英文故事1

The House of 1000 Mirrors

Long ago in a **all, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A **all, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he hounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He **iled a great **ile, and was answered with 1000 great **iles just as warm and firendly. As he left the House, he thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often."

In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again."

All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

很久以前的一个很远的小村庄里，有一个以"千镜屋"而的地方。一个乐观的小狗听说了这个地方并决定去参观。当来到这个地方，他蹦蹦跳欢恰快的上了台阶，来到房门口，他高高竖起耳朵，欢快地摇着尾巴，从门口口往里张望，他惊奇地看到有1000只欢乐的小狗像他一样快的摇尾巴。他灿烂地微笑着，回报他的是1000张热情，友好的灿烂笑脸。离开时他心想："这是一个精彩的地主，我一定要经常来参观。"

在这个村里还有另一只想参观"千镜屋"的小狗，他不及第一只小狗乐观，他慢吞吞地爬上台阶，然后耷拉着脑袋往屋子里看。一看到有1000只小狗不友好地盯着他，他便开始冲他们狂吠，镜中的1000只小狗也冲着他狂吠，把他给吓坏了，他在离开时心想："这是一个恐怖的地方，我再也不会来了。"

世界上所有的脸都是镜子，在你所遇见的人的脸上你看到反射出来的是什么?

儿童英文故事2

Wolves are coming

One day the following week, the boy was herding sheep with the other shepherds on the hill.

又过了一个星期，这个男孩儿和其他牧羊童一块儿在山上放羊。

The grass was green, the flowers were red, yellow, white and orange, the sky was blue, xiaogushi8.com the sun was shining, it was a nice colorful picture.

绿色的草地，红的、黄的、白的和橙色的花儿，蓝蓝的天空，金光闪耀的太阳，真是一幅悦目的图画，一幅五颜六色的图画。

Some of the shepherds started playing games, some were fling kites the boy was sitting on a pear tree and looking at his friends.

有的牧羊童在做游戏，有的在放风筝。这个男孩儿坐在一棵梨树上，看着他的朋友们玩。

Suddenly, the sheep started bleating and running about, the boy saw clearly from the free-two wolves were running towards the sheep. The boy shouted, “Help! Help! Wolves are coming! Help! Help!” He thought the farmers at the foot of the hill could hear him and come to help. But the farmers heard his shouts and said, “Don’t listen to him, the boy is playing a joke again, the boy is telling a lie. He forgets his joke, but we don’t.”

突然，羊群咩咩叫着，四处乱跑，这个男孩儿从树上看到两只狼正跑向羊群。英语小故事男孩儿大叫：“救命!救命!狼来了!救命!救命!”他想山脚下的农夫能听见叫声，他们会来帮忙的。但是，山下的农夫们听见他的叫声后说：“别理他，这个孩子又在开玩笑，他在撒谎，他忘记了他开的玩笑，但是我们还记得。”

This time, no farmer ran help him. The boy’s friends were all shouting at him, “It’s your fault, no farmer will come to help us, we don’t want to play with you. We don’t want to herd sheep with you!”

这一次，没有农夫跑上山来帮忙，男孩而的小伙伴们都跟他大吵：“全是你的错，没有一个农夫来帮助我们，我们不想和你玩，我们不想和你一块儿放羊了!”

儿童英文故事3

A party of visitors were being shown round a lunatic asylum.They came across one individual in the grounds，with wild eyes，dishevelled hair，feverishly endeavouring to catchflies and keep them in his pocket.

一群游客被领着参观一所疯人院。在院子里他们遇见一个人，他长着一双疯狂的眼睛，头发蓬乱，正狂热地设法逮住苍蝇，把它们装在他的口袋里。

His was a sad case，said the attendant.Whilst he was at the war his wife abandoned his home and ran off with another man.

他的病很惨，陪同人说。在他当兵打仗的时候，他的妻子抛下他的家和另一个男人私奔了。

Terrible，said a visitor.

真可怕，一个游客说。

Presently they came to a padded cell，in which could be heard a raging as of a wild beast.

不久他们来到一间安上软垫的小屋前，听见里面传出野兽般的怒吼。

That's the other man，said the attendant.

这就是那另一个男人，陪同人说。

儿童英文故事4

Father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarrelling among themselves. When he failed to heal their disputes by his exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration of the evils of disunion; and for this purpose he one day told them to bring him a bundle of sticks. When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces. They each tried with all their strength, and were not able to do it.

He next unclosed the faggot, and took the sticks separately, one by one, and again put them into their hands, on which they broke them easily. He then addressed them in these words： “My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this faggot, uninjured by all the attempts of your enemies; but if you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks.”

一位父亲有几个孩子，这些孩子时常发生口角。他丝毫没有办法来劝阻他们，只好让他们看看不合群所带来害处的例子。为了达到这个目的，有一天他叫他们替他拿一捆细柴来。当他们把柴带来时，他便先后地将那捆柴放在每一个孩子的手中，吩咐他们弄断这捆柴。他们一个个尽力去试，总是不能成功。

然后他解开那捆柴，一根根地放在他们手里，如此一来，他们便毫不费力地折断了。于是他就告诉他们说：“孩子们!如果你们大家团结一致，互相帮助，你们就像这捆柴一样，不能被你们的敌人折断;但如果你们自行分裂，你们就将和这些散柴一般，不堪一折了。”

儿童英文故事5

Time is important. Everyone has 24 hours in a day. There are 365 days in a year. Once a day runs out in our life, it will never come back again. If we love our lives, we shouldn’t waste time. We must control time. The best way to use time is to plan it well.

When making the study plan, we should remember two things. First, be realistic. Don’t try to do too many things. Second, a good study plan should be flexible. We may make some **all changes on a weekly basis but follow the same pattern.

Let’s be the master of time, start out plan now.

时间很重要。人人每天有二十四小时，每年有三百六十五天，一旦我们生命中的一天消逝，就再也不会回来。我们要是热爱生命，就不应该浪费时间。我们应该掌握时间。使用时间的办法就是好好计划时间。

在制定 学习计划 时，我们应该记住两件事。第一，应该现实一些，不要企图干太多的事情。第二，好的计划要灵活一点。我们可以每周做些小的变动，但总的模式不变。

让我们当时间的主人，今天就开始我们的计划。

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英语小故事 3句 朗读

The Thirsty Pigeon口渴的鸽子

A PIGEON, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

有只鸽子口渴得很难受，看见画板上画着一个水瓶，以为是真的。他立刻呼呼地猛飞过 去，不料一头碰撞在画板上，折断了翅膀，摔在地上，被人轻易地捉住了。

这是说，有些人想急于得到所需的东西，一时冲动，草率从事，就会身遭不幸。

The Raven and the Swan乌鸦和天鹅

A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished.

Change of habit cannot alter Nature.

乌鸦非常羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛。他猜想天鹅一定是经常洗澡，羽毛才变得如此洁白无 瑕。于是，他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛，来到江湖边。他天天洗刷自己的羽毛，不但一 点都没洗白，反而因缺少食物饥饿而死。

这故事是说，人的本性不会随着生活方式的改变而改变。

The Goat and the Goatherd 山羊与牧羊人

A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no attention to the summons. At last the Goatherd threw a stone, and breaking its horn, begged the Goat not to tell his master. The Goat replied, "Why, you silly fellow, the horn will speak though I be silent."

Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hid.

很多山羊被牧羊人赶到羊圈里。有一只山羊不知在吃什么好东西，单独落在后面。牧羊 人拿起一块石头扔了过去，正巧打断了山羊的一只角。牧羊人吓得请求山羊不要告诉主人， 山羊说：“即使我不说，又怎能隐瞒下去呢？我的角已断了，这是十分明显的事实。”

这故事说明，明显的罪状是无法隐瞒的。

The Miser守财奴

A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it. The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations. A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, "Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it."

有个守财奴变卖了他所有的家产，换回了金块，并秘密地埋在一个地方。他每天走去看 看他的宝藏。有个在附近放羊的牧人留心观察，知道了真情，趁他走后，挖出金块拿走了。 守财奴再来时，发现洞中的金块没有了，便捶胸痛哭。有个人见他如此悲痛，问明原因后， 说道：“喂，朋友，别再难过了，那块金子虽是你买来的，但并不是你真正拥有的。去拿一 块石头来，代替金块放在洞里，只要你心里想着那是块金子，你就会很高兴。这样与你拥有 真正的金块效果没什么不同。依我之见，你拥有那金块时，也从没用过。”

这故事说明，一切财物如不使用等于没有。

The Wolf and the Lamb 狼与小羊

WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the Lamb the Wolf's right to eat him. He thus addressed him:"Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me." "Indeed," bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, "I was not then born." Then said the Wolf , "You feed in my pasture." "No, good sir," replied the Lamb, "I have not yet tasted grass." Again said the Wolf, "You drink of my well." "No," exclaimed the Lamb, "I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother's milk is both food and drink to me." Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, "Well! I won't remain supperless, even though you refute every one of my imputations."

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

一只小羊在河边喝水，狼见到后，便想找一个名正言顺的借口吃掉他。于是他跑到上游，恶狠狠地说小羊把河水搅浑浊了，使他喝不到清水。小羊回答说，他仅仅站在河边喝水，并且又在下游，根本不可能把上游的水搅浑。狼见此计不成，又说道：“我父亲去年被你骂过。”小羊说，那时他还没有出生。狼对他说：“不管你怎样辩解，反正我不会放过 你。”

这说明，对恶人做任何正当的辩解也是无效的。

The Bat and the Weasels蝙蝠与黄鼠狼

A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spared his life. The Weasel refused, saying that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. The Bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus was set free. Shortly afterwards the Bat again fell to the ground and was caught by another Weasel, whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The Weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice. The Bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped.

It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

蝙蝠掉落在地上，被黄鼠狼叼去，他请求饶命。黄鼠狼说绝不会放过他，自己生来痛恨鸟类。蝙蝠说他是老鼠，不是鸟，便被放了。后来蝙蝠又掉落了下来，被另一只黄鼠狼叼住，他再三请求不要吃他。这只黄鼠狼说他恨一切鼠类。蝙蝠改口说自己是鸟类，并非老 鼠，又被放了。这样，蝙蝠两次改变了自己的名字，终于死里逃生。

这故事说明，我们遇事要随机应变方能避免危险。

The Ass and the Grasshopper 驴子与蚱蜢

AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, "The dew." The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.

驴子听见蚱蜢唱歌，被美妙动听的歌声所打动，自己也想能发出同样悦耳动听的声音，便 羡慕地问他们吃些什么，才能发出如此美妙的声音来。蚱蜢答道：“吃露水。”驴子便也只吃露水，没多久就饿死了。

这个故事告诉人们不要企望非份之物。

The Lion and the Mouse 狮子与报恩的老鼠

A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up angrily, he caught him and was about to kill him, when the Mouse piteously entreated, saying: "If you would only spare my life, I would be sure to repay your kindness." The Lion laughed and let him go. It happened shortly after this that the Lion was caught by some hunters, who bound him by strong ropes to the ground. The Mouse, recognizing his roar, came and gnawed the rope with his teeth and set him free, exclaiming:

"You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to con benefits on a Lion."

狮子睡着了，有只老鼠跳到了他身上。狮子猛然站起来，把他抓住，准备吃掉。老鼠请求饶命，并说如果保住性命，必将报恩，狮子轻蔑地笑了笑，便把他放走了。不久，狮子真的被老鼠救了性命。原来狮子被一个猎人抓获，并用绳索把他捆在一棵树上。老鼠听到了他 的哀嚎，走过去咬断绳索，放走了狮子，并说：

“你当时嘲笑我，不相信能得到我的报答， 现在可清楚了，老鼠也能报恩。” 这故事说明，时运交替变更，强者也会有需要弱者的时候。

Fox and cock

One morning a fox sees a cock.He

think,"This is my breakfast.''

He comes up to the cock and says,"I know

you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The

cock is glad.He closes his eyes and begins

to sing.The fox sees that and caches him in his mouth and carries him away.

The people in the field see the fox.They cry,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''The cock says to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.''

The fox opens his mouth and says,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock runs away from the fox and flies into the tree.

狐狸和公鸡

一天早上，一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想：这是我的早餐。

他朝公鸡走来，对他说：“我知道，你能唱得非常好听，你能唱给我听么？濑户早妃”公鸡很高兴。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。狐狸看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。

在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说：“狐狸先生，你能理解么？人们认为你叼走了公鸡。告诉他们这是你的，不是他们的。”

狐狸张开她的嘴说：“公鸡是我的，不是你们的。”就在那时，。公鸡跑到了树底下。