五年级英语寓言小故事

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The Frog in the Shallow Well

（井底之蛙）

Have you heard of the frog that lived in a shallow well? It said to a turtle that lived in the East Sea,

"I am so happy! When I go out, I jump about on the railing beside the mouth of the well. When I

e home, I rest in the holes on the broken wall of the well. If I jump into the water,it es up

to my armpits and holds up my cheeks. If I walk in the mud, it covers up my feet. I look around at

the wriggly worms, crabs and tadpoles, and none of them can pare with me. I am lord of this

trough of water and I stand up tall in this shallow well. I’m happy. My dear sir, why don"t you

e over and look around my place?"

Before the turtle from the East Sea could get its left foot in the well, its right knee got stuck. It

hesitated and retreated. The turtle told the frog about the East Sea.

"Even a distance of a thousand li cannot give you an idea of the sea"s width; even a height of a

thousand ren cannot give you an idea of its depth. In the time of King Yu of the Xia dynasty, there

were floods nine years out of ten, but the waters in the sea did not increase. In the time of King

Tang of the Shang dynasty there were droughts seven years out of eight, but the waters in the sea

did not decrease. The sea does not change with the passage of time and its level does not rise or

fall according to the amount of rain that falls. The greatest happiness is to live in the East Sea."

After listening to these words, the frog of the shallow well was shocked into realization of his own

insignificance and became very ill at ease.