有关动物的英语寓言故事,英语寓言故事
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Long ago a great mountain began to rumble and shake .
People came from far and near to see what would happen.
"A great river will be born." said one.
"Surely nothing less than a mighty dragon will e out." said another.
"A god himself will spring form these rocks." said a third.
Finally , after days of expectation a small crack appeared in the mountain. And out popped ---- a mouse.
Just because someone makes a lot of fuss, it doesn't mean he is important.
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很久以前，一座大山隆隆作响，摇晃起来。远近各处的人都来看是怎么回事。
一个人说："要出现一条大河了。"
另一个人说："准会出现一条巨龙。"
第三个人说："从这些岩石中会出现一尊神来。"
等了几天之后，山坡上终于裂开一条小缝，却蹦出来一只耗子。
正因为某人大肆张扬，所以他没有什么了不起。
希望采纳......
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1）The Cock and the Pearl
A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the hens
when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw. "Ho! ho!"
quoth he, "that's for me," and soon rooted it out from beneath the straw.
What did it turn out to be but a Pearl that by some chance had been lost in
the yard? "You may be a treasure," quoth Master Cock, "to men that
prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck
of pearls."
Precious things are for those that can prize them.
2）The Wolf and the Lamb
Once upon a time a Wolf was lapping at a spring on a hillside, when,
looking up, what should he see but a Lamb just beginning to drink a little
lower down. "There's my supper," thought he, "if only I can find some
excuse to seize it." Then he called out to the Lamb, "How dare you
muddle the water from which I am drinking?"
"Nay, master, nay," said Lambikin; "if the water be muddy up there, I
cannot be the cause of it, for it runs down from you to me."
"Well, then," said the Wolf, "why did you call me bad names this time
last year?"
"That cannot be," said the Lamb; "I am only six months old."
"I don't care," snarled the Wolf; "if it was not you it was your father;"
and with that he rushed upon the poor little Lamb and .WARRA
WARRA WARRA WARRA WARRA .ate her all up. But before she
died she gasped out ."Any excuse will serve a tyrant."
3）The Dog and the Shadow
It happened that a Dog had got a piece of meat and was carrying it
home in his mouth to eat it in peace. Now on his way home he had to
cross a plank lying across a running brook. As he crossed, he looked
down and saw his own shadow reflected in the water beneath. Thinking
it was another dog with another piece of meat, he made up his mind to
have that also. So he made a snap at the shadow in the water, but as he
opened his mouth the piece of meat fell out, dropped into the water and
was never seen more.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
4）The Lion's Share
The Lion went once a-hunting along with the Fox, the Jackal, and the
Wolf. They hunted and they hunted till at last they surprised a Stag, and
soon took its life. Then came the question how the spoil should be
divided. "Quarter me this Stag," roared the Lion; so the other animals
skinned it and cut it into four parts. Then the Lion took his stand in front
of the carcass and pronounced judgment: The first quarter is for me in
my capacity as King of Beasts; the second is mine as arbiter; another share
es to me for my part in the chase; and as for the fourth quarter, well,
as for that, I should like to see which of you will dare to lay a paw upon
it."
"Humph," grumbled the Fox as he walked away with his tail between
his legs; but he spoke in a low growl ."You may share the labours of the
great, but you will not share the spoil."
5）
The Wolf and the Crane
A Wolf had been gorging on an animal he had killed, when suddenly
a small bone in the meat stuck in his throat and he could not swallow it.
He soon felt terrible pain in his throat, and ran up and down groaning and
groaning and seeking for something to relieve the pain. He tried to
induce every one he met to remove the bone. "I would give anything,"
said he, "if you would take it out." At last the Crane agreed to try, and
told the Wolf to lie on his side and open his jaws as wide as he could.
Then the Crane put its long neck down the Wolf's throat, and with its beak
loosened the bone, till at last it got it out.
"Will you kindly give me the reward you promised?" said the Crane.
The Wolf grinned and showed his teeth and said: "Be content. You
have put your head inside a Wolf's mouth and taken it out again in safety;
that ought to be reward enough for you."
Gratitude and greed go not together.