第一篇：英語小短文故事

一

Once there were two mice.They were friends.One mouse lived in the country;the other mouse lived in the city.After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse;he said, “Do come and see me at my house in the country.” So the City mouse went.The City mouse said, “This food is not good, and your house is not good.Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city.You would live in a nice house made of stone.You would have nice food to eat.You must come and see me at my house in the city.”

The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse.It was a very good house.Nice food was set ready for them to eat.But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise.The City mouse cried, “ Run!Run!The cat is coming!” They ran away quickly and hid.After some time they came out.When they came out, the Country mouse said, “I do not like living in the city.I like living in my hole in the field.For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.”

從前，有兩只老鼠，它們是好朋友。一只老鼠居住在鄉(xiāng)村，另一只住在城里。很多年以后，鄉(xiāng)下老鼠碰到城里老鼠，它說：“你一定要來我鄉(xiāng)下的家看看。”于是，城里老鼠就去了。鄉(xiāng)下老鼠領(lǐng)著它到了一塊田地上它自己的家里。它把所有最精美食物都找出來給城里老鼠。城里老鼠說：“這東西不好吃，你的家也不好，你為什么住在田野的地洞里呢？你應(yīng)該搬到城里去住，你能住上用石頭造的漂亮房子，還會(huì)吃上美味佳肴，你應(yīng)該到我城里的家看看。”

鄉(xiāng)下老鼠就到城里老鼠的家去。房子十分漂亮，好吃的東西也為他們擺好了。可是正當(dāng)他們要開始吃的時(shí)候，聽見很大的一陣響聲，城里的老鼠叫喊起來：“快跑！快跑！貓來了！”他們飛快地跑開躲藏起來。

過了一會(huì)兒，他們出來了。當(dāng)他們出來時(shí)，鄉(xiāng)下老鼠說：“我不喜歡住在城里，我喜歡住在田野我的洞里。因?yàn)檫@樣雖然貧窮但是快樂自在，比起雖然富有卻要過著提心吊膽的生活來說，要好些。”

二

One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,“This is my breakfast.''

He came up to the cock and said,”I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away.The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,“Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''

The cock said 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 opened his mouth and said,“The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree.一天早上，一只狐貍看到了一只公雞。他想：這是我的早餐。

他朝公雞走來，對他說：“我知道，你能唱得非常好聽，你能唱給我聽么？”公雞很高興。他閉上眼睛開始唱歌。狐貍看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。

在田地里的人們看到了狐貍。大喊大叫：“看，看！狐貍抓住公雞逃走了。”公雞對狐貍說：“狐貍先生，你能理解么？人們認(rèn)為你叼走了公雞。告訴他們這是你的，不是他們的。”

狐貍張開她的嘴說：“公雞是我的，不是你們的。”就在那時(shí)，公雞逃離了狐貍的嘴巴，跑到了樹底下。

三

Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion.So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast.For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared.Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide.Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion.In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture.As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain.There was no sign of the lion.”What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?“ asked the chief.”Forget the damn lion!“ he howled.”Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?“ 偉大的獵手Jonesie 有個(gè)小村莊正為一只吃人的獅子而煩惱。于是，村長派人去請偉大的獵手Jonesie來殺死這只野獸。獵手躺著等了幾個(gè)晚上，但獅子一直沒有出現(xiàn)。最后，他要求村長殺只羊然后把頭皮給他。把羊皮披在身上后，獵人到草原上去等獅子。半夜，村民被從草原傳來的聲嘶力竭的尖叫聲驚醒。他們小心地靠近后，看到獵手正躺在草地上痛苦地呻吟。沒有獅子出沒的蛛絲馬跡。“Jonesie，怎么了？獅子在哪？”村長問。“哪有獅子！”獵人怒吼道，“哪個(gè)傻瓜把公牛放出來了？”

四

Weather Predict A film crew was on location deep in the desert.One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, ”Tomorrow rain.“ The next day it rained.A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, ”Tomorrow storm.“ The next day there was a hailstorm.”This Indian is incredible,“ said the director.He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather.However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks.Finally the director sent for him.”I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow,“ said the director, ”and I'm depending on you.What will the weather be like?“ The Indian shrugged his shoulders.”Don't know,“ he said.”Radio is broken.“ 天氣預(yù)報(bào) 一個(gè)電影攝制組在沙漠深處工作.一天,一個(gè)印度老人到導(dǎo)演跟前告訴導(dǎo)演說”明天下雨.“第二天果然下雨了.一周后,印度人又來告訴導(dǎo)演說,”明天有風(fēng)暴.“果然,第二天下了雹暴.”印度人真神,“導(dǎo)演說.他告訴秘書雇傭該印度人來預(yù)報(bào)天氣.幾次預(yù)報(bào)都很成功.然后,接下來的兩周,印度人不見了.最后,導(dǎo)演派人去把他叫來了.”我明天必須拍一個(gè)很大的場景,“導(dǎo)演說,”這得靠你了.明天天氣如何啊?“ 印度人聳了聳肩.”我不知道,“印度人說,”收音機(jī)壞了.“

五

It doesn't matter where you are coming from.All that matters is where you are going.Your decision to be,have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well.Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.You cannot control what happens to you,but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you,and in that,you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.The more you seek security ,the less of it you have.But the more you seek opportunity,the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.Unsuccessful people are always asking,”What's in it for me?“

All successful people,men and women,are big dreamers.They imagine what their future could be,ideal in every respect,and then they work every day toward their distant vision,that goal or purpose.六

A man was going to the house of some rich person.As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road.He said, ”I do not want to eat those apples;for the rich man will give me much food;he will give me very nice food to eat.“ Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.He went on and came to a river.The river had become very big;so he could not go over it.He waited for some time;then he said, ”I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river.“

He began to go home.He had eaten no food that day.He began to want food.He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.Do not throw good things away;you may be glad to have them at some other time.【譯文】

一個(gè)人正朝著一個(gè)富人的房子走去，當(dāng)他沿著路走時(shí)，在路的一邊他發(fā)現(xiàn)一箱好蘋果，他說：“我不打算吃那些蘋果，因?yàn)楦蝗藭?huì)給我更多的食物，他會(huì)給我很好吃的東西。”然后他拿起蘋果，一把扔到土里去。

他繼續(xù)走，來到河邊，河漲水了，因此，他到不了河對岸，他等了一會(huì)兒，然后他說：“今天我去不了富人家了，因?yàn)槲也荒芏蛇^河。”

他開始回家，那天他沒有吃東西。他就開始去找吃的，他找到蘋果，很高興地把它們從塵土中翻出來吃了。

不要把好東西扔掉，換個(gè)時(shí)候你會(huì)覺得它們大有用處。

七

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive（橄欖樹）orchard（果園）.He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care.But he knew that his three sons despised（輕視，看不起）the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, ”My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard.Dig for it, if you wish it.“ The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden;but he would tell them nothing more.After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold;since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them.But no pot of gold was to be found.It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering（漫游，閑逛）in his wits.The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing.The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given;when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, ”There is gold hidden in the orchard.Dig for it, if you wish it.“ 從前有一個(gè)農(nóng)民，他有一座漂亮的橄欖園。他非常勤勞，而且農(nóng)場在他的照管下蒸蒸日上。可他知道自己的三個(gè)兒子瞧不起農(nóng)活，都迫不及待的想通過冒險(xiǎn)發(fā)家致富。

這個(gè)農(nóng)民上了年歲，感到死期快要來臨時(shí)，將三個(gè)兒子叫到身邊說：“兒子們，橄欖園里藏有一罐金子。你們想要，就去挖吧。”

兒子們想讓父親告訴他們金子藏在果園的那一塊地方，可他什么也沒再給他們說。

那個(gè)農(nóng)民死后，三個(gè)兒子就開始挖地，想找到那罐金子；因?yàn)樗麄儾恢澜鹱硬卦谑裁吹胤剑运麄円恢峦馀懦梢恍袕墓麍@的一頭開始挖起，知道其中一人挖到金子為止.他們挖啊挖，從果園的一頭一直挖到了另一頭，果樹周圍和果樹之間也都挖到了，可還是沒有找到那罐金子。看來一定是有人已經(jīng)把那罐金子頭走了，要么就是他們的父親一直在異想天開。三個(gè)兒子對他們白干了一場，感到大失所望。到了第二年的橄欖季節(jié)，果園里的橄欖樹接出的果子比以往的都多；賣完果子后，三個(gè)兒子賺了整整一罐金子。

他們從果園里得到這么多錢后，突然明白了聰明的父親所說的“果園里藏有金子，想要就去挖吧”這句話的含義。

八

A young shoemaker left his village.Along the way, he found some ants, who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their anthill（蟻冢，人群密集的地方）.The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor.The shoemaker followed his way and found some bees with the same problem as the ants.The young man also helped them, and the bees promised to help him in the future.Further along, the shoemaker learned that the king’s daughter was in the castle of a witch（巫婆，女巫）.The young man decided to rescue her.But the witch locked him up in a stinking（發(fā)惡臭的，非常討厭的）dunge on with a sack of sand mixed with poppy（罌粟）seeds and told him that if he wasn’t able to separate the two, she would cut off his head at dawn.The young man thought about his death.But his friends the ants came and helped him pass the test.The witch was astounded.Then she took him to a room where there were thirteen maidens with their faces covered: the shoemaker had to discover which one was the princess.The young man became discouraged but he saw a bee that landed on...the sweetest one, the true princess.When the shoemaker uncovered her face, the witch was changd into a crow（烏鴉）.The young people fell in love and lived surrounded by animals and poppies.一個(gè)年輕鞋匠離開他所在的村子。沿途中看到一些螞蟻，螞蟻們很傷心，因?yàn)樾芷茐牧怂麄兊募摇Ｓ谑沁@個(gè)鞋匠幫助它們重修了蟻丘，螞蟻們說將來會(huì)回報(bào)他的幫助。

鞋匠上路繼續(xù)前行，發(fā)現(xiàn)一些蜜蜂遭遇到和螞蟻一樣的狀況。于是這個(gè)年輕人也幫助了蜜蜂們，蜜蜂承諾將來也會(huì)幫助這位年輕人。

又走了很遠(yuǎn)，鞋匠聽說國王的女兒困在女巫的城堡里，年輕人決定去營救她。但女巫把他鎖在惡臭的糞土堆旁，還扔給他一麻袋混合在一起的沙子和罌粟種子。告訴他如果不能夠在黎明前把這些區(qū)分開來，就要在黎明時(shí)砍掉他的腦袋。年輕人想著他要死了。這時(shí)他的朋友螞蟻來了，幫助他通過了這個(gè)考驗(yàn)。女巫大吃一驚，接著她把年輕人帶到了一個(gè)房間，里面有蒙著面紗的是三個(gè)少女：鞋匠必須從中找出真正的王妃。

年輕人有些灰心了，但這時(shí)他看到了一只蜜蜂降落在一個(gè)人身上……那人就是真正的王妃。當(dāng)鞋匠揭開她的面紗，于是女巫變成了一只烏鴉。年輕人跟公主墜入愛河，動(dòng)物們和罌粟花都圍繞著他們。

九 The Young Thief and His Mother

Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house.She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor.One day, her son stole his friend's bag.”Mom, what do you think of this bag?“ His mother praised her son rather than scolding him.”It looks great!“

The next time, he stole an overcoat.She praised him again when he stole it.A few years later, he grew up to be a young man.He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother.”How beautiful!“ This time, she did not scold her son again.Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things.One day, the police caught him.Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother.They took him to his mother.As soon as he saw his mother, he bit her earlobe.”O(jiān)uch!What's the matter with you?“ She finally scolded him.Her son answered.”If you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief.“

She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison.”If I only could turn back time, I would scold him severely." She regretted that she always praised him, whatever he did.小偷和他的年輕媽媽

很久以前，有一個(gè)母親和兒子住在一所房子。她每天都努力工作，但他們始終貧困。

有一天，她的兒子偷了他朋友的袋子。“媽，你怎么看這個(gè)包的?”他的母親受表揚(yáng)而不是罵他，她的兒子。“這看起來很棒!”

下一次，他偷了一件大衣。他兒子偷這個(gè)的時(shí)候，她又表揚(yáng)了他。

幾年后，他成長為一名年輕男子。他偷了珠寶，交給他母親。“真漂亮!”這一次，她并沒有罵她的兒子。

然后，因?yàn)樗J(rèn)為他的母親高興，他開始偷更昂貴的東西。有一天，警察抓到他。他將在監(jiān)獄前，他懇求警察，見一下他的母親。他們把他帶到他母親面前。

當(dāng)他看到他的母親，他咬了她耳垂。“哎喲!怎么回事呀?”她終于罵他。她的兒子回答說。“如果你在我偷第一個(gè)包的時(shí)候這樣責(zé)罵我的話，我就不會(huì)成為一個(gè)小偷了。”

當(dāng)她看到她的兒子走進(jìn)監(jiān)獄的時(shí)候，她內(nèi)心崩潰了。“如果真的可以時(shí)光倒流，我會(huì)嚴(yán)厲責(zé)罵他。”她感到遺憾的是她總是稱贊他，無論他做了什么。

第二篇：英語短文哲理小故事

英語短文哲理小故事

----上帝的咖啡

God's Coffee

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cupstelling them to help themselves to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups...And then you began eyeing each other's cups.Now consider this: Life is the coffee;the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.” God brews the coffee, not the cups..........Enjoy your coffee!“The happiest people don't have the best of everything.They just make the best of everything.”Live simply.Love generously.Care deeply.Speak kindly.Leave the rest to God.Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

Two traveling angles stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.The family was rude and refused to let the angles stay in the mansion’s guestroom.Instead the angles were given a small space in the cold basement.As they made their bed in the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.When the younger angle asked why, the older angle replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife.After sharing the little food they had the couple let the angles sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest.When the sun came up the next morning the angles found the farmer and his in tears.Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field.The younger angle was infuriated and asked the older angle how he could have let this happen.“The first man had everything, yet you helped him,” he accused.“The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow lie”.“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angle replied.“when we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall.Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it.”

“Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angle of death came for his wife.I gave him the cow instead.Things aren’t always what they seem.

第三篇：英語短文哲理小故事

英語短文哲理小故事----上帝的咖啡

God's Coffee A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor.Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cupstelling them to help themselves to the coffee.When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said: “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones.While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress.Be assured that the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee.In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink.What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups...And then you began eyeing each other's cups.Now consider this: Life is the coffee;the jobs, money and position in society are the cups.They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of Life we live.Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided us.” God brews the coffee, not the cups..........Enjoy your coffee!“The happiest people don't have the best of everything.They just make the best of everything.”Live simply.Love generously.Care deeply.Speak kindly.Leave the rest to God.Things Aren’t Always What They Seem

Two traveling angles stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.The family was rude and refused to let the angles stay in the mansion’s guestroom.Instead the angles were given a small space in the cold basement.As they made their bed in the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the wall and repaired it.When the younger angle asked why, the older angle replied, “Things aren’t always what they seem.”

The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife.After sharing the little food they had the couple let the angles sleep in their bed where they could have a good night’s rest.When the sun came up the next morning the angles found the farmer and his in tears.Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field.The younger angle was infuriated and asked the older angle how he could have let this happen.“The first man had everything, yet you helped him,” he accused.“The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let the cow lie”.“Things aren’t always what they seem,” the older angle replied.“when we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall.Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he wouldn’t find it.”

“Then last night as we slept in the farmer’s bed, the angle of death came for his wife.I gave him the cow instead.Things aren’t always what they seem.

第四篇：英語小短文故事 —純英文

一

Once there were two mice.They were friends.One mouse lived in the country;the other mouse lived in the city.After many years the Country mouse saw the City mouse;he said, “Do come and see me at my house in the country.” So the City mouse went.The City mouse said, “This food is not good, and your house is not good.Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city.You would live in a nice house made of stone.You would have nice food to eat.You must come and see me at my house in the city.”

The Country mouse went to the house of the City mouse.It was a very good house.Nice food was set ready for them to eat.But just as they began to eat they heard a great noise.The City mouse cried, “ Run!Run!The cat is coming!” They ran away quickly and hid.After some time they came out.When they came out, the Country mouse said, “I do not like living in the city.I like living in my hole in the field.For it is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid.”

曾經(jīng)有兩只老鼠，他們是朋友。一直老鼠住在鄉(xiāng)下，另一直住在城里。許多年后鄉(xiāng)下的老鼠遇見了城里的老鼠，他說：“請來看看我在鄉(xiāng)下的房子。”城里的老鼠就去了。城里的老鼠說：“吃的不好，住的也不好，為什么你住在田里的一個(gè)洞里？你應(yīng)該吃的好點(diǎn)，有必須過來看看我在城里的房子。”鄉(xiāng)下的老鼠就去了城里老鼠的家。是一個(gè)非常好的房子。好吃的食物也為他們準(zhǔn)備好了。但是就在他們打算去吃的時(shí)候，他們聽到一個(gè)大的聲音，城里的老鼠哭著喊：“跑！跑！貓來了。他們迅速的跑掉和藏起來了。一段時(shí)間后他們跑出來了，當(dāng)他們跑出來后，鄉(xiāng)下的老鼠的說:“我不喜歡住在城里，我喜歡住在田里的洞了，窮點(diǎn)開心點(diǎn)，比富裕確害怕好點(diǎn)。”

二

One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,“This is my breakfast.''

He came up to the cock and said,”I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away.The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,“Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.''

The cock said 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 opened his mouth and said,“The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree.一天早上一只狐貍看見一只(公雞)。他想:“這是我的早餐”他走到公雞面前說：“我知道你唱歌非常好聽，你能為我唱一首嗎？”公雞很高興，閉上眼睛開始唱。狐貍看到這種情況，用嘴叼起他開始跑。在田里的人們看到這只狐貍，他們喊：“快看，快看，狐貍把烏鴉叼跑了”公雞對狐貍時(shí)候：“狐貍先生，你明白嗎？人們說你叼走了他們的公雞，告訴他們他是你的不是你的。”狐貍張口他的嘴說：“公雞是我的，不是你們的”，然后烏鴉從狐貍面前跑到了樹底下。

三

Jonesie The Great Lion Hunter A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion.So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast.For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared.Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide.Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion.In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture.As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain.There was no sign of the lion.”What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?“ asked the chief.”Forget the damn lion!“ he howled.”Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?“

偉大的獵獅手Jonesie.有一個(gè)小村裝一直被一個(gè)吃人的獅子困擾著。所以他們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人就傳信給最偉大的獵人，Jonesie，來到村莊殺掉（）。連續(xù)幾個(gè)晚上，獵人躺在床上等候獅子，但是獅子一直沒出現(xiàn)。

四

Weather Predict A film crew was on location deep in the desert.One day an old Indian went up to the director and said, ”Tomorrow rain.“ The next day it rained.A week later, the Indian went up to the director and said, ”Tomorrow storm.“ The next day there was a hailstorm.”This Indian is incredible,“ said the director.He told his secretary to hire the Indian to predict the weather.However, after several successful predictions, the old Indian didn't show up for two weeks.Finally the director sent for him.”I have to shoot a big scene tomorrow,“ said the director, ”and I'm depending on you.What will the weather be like?“ The Indian shrugged his shoulders.”Don't know,“ he said.”Radio is broken.“

五

It doesn't matter where you are coming from.All that matters is where you are going.Your decision to be,have and do something out of ordinary entails facing difficulties that are out of the ordinary as well.Sometimes your greatest asset is simply your ability to stay with it longer than anyone else.You cannot control what happens to you,but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you,and in that,you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.The more you seek security ,the less of it you have.But the more you seek opportunity,the more likely it is that you will achieve the security that you desire.Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others.Unsuccessful people are always asking,”What's in it for me?“

All successful people,men and women,are big dreamers.They imagine what their future could be,ideal in every respect,and then they work every day toward their distant vision,that goal or purpose.六

A man was going to the house of some rich person.As he went along the road, he saw a box of good apples at the side of the road.He said, ”I do not want to eat those apples;for the rich man will give me much food;he will give me very nice food to eat.“ Then he took the apples and threw them away into the dust.He went on and came to a river.The river had become very big;so he could not go over it.He waited for some time;then he said, ”I cannot go to the rich man's house today, for I cannot get over the river.“

He began to go home.He had eaten no food that day.He began to want food.He came to the apples, and he was glad to take them out of the dust and eat them.Do not throw good things away;you may be glad to have them at some other time.七

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive（橄欖樹）orchard（果園）.He was very hardworking, and the farm always prospered under his care.But he knew that his three sons despised（輕視，看不起）the farm work, and were eager to make wealth, trough adventure.When the farmer was old, and felt that his time had come to die, he called the three sons to him and said, ”My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the olive orchard.Dig for it, if you wish it.“ The sons tried to get him to tell them in what part of the orchard the gold was hidden;but he would tell them nothing more.After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold;since they did not know where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one end of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.They dug until they had turned up the soil from one end of the orchard to the other, round the tree-roots and between them.But no pot of gold was to be found.It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering（漫游，閑逛）in his wits.The three sons were bitterly disappointed to have all their work for nothing.The next olive season, the olive trees in the orchard bore more fruit than they had ever given;when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.And when they saw how much money had come from the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had meant when he said, ”There is gold hidden in the orchard.Dig for it, if you wish it.“

八

A young shoemaker left his village.Along the way, he found some ants, who were very sad because a bear had destroyed their anthill（蟻冢，人群密集的地方）.The shoemaker helped them rebuild it, and the ants offered to return the favor.The shoemaker followed his way and found some bees with the same problem as the ants.The young man also helped them, and the bees promised to help him in the future.Further along, the shoemaker learned that the king’s daughter was in the castle of a witch（巫婆，女巫）.The young man decided to rescue her.But the witch locked him up in a stinking（發(fā)惡臭的，非常討厭的）dunge on with a sack of sand mixed with poppy（罌粟）seeds and told him that if he wasn’t able to separate the two, she would cut off his head at dawn.The young man thought about his death.But his friends the ants came and helped him pass the test.The witch was astounded.Then she took him to a room where there were thirteen maidens with their faces covered: the shoemaker had to discover which one was the princess.The young man became discouraged but he saw a bee that landed on...the sweetest one, the true princess.When the shoemaker uncovered her face, the witch was changd into a crow（烏鴉）.The young people fell in love and lived surrounded by animals and poppies.九 The Young Thief and His Mother

Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house.She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor.One day, her son stole his friend's bag.”Mom, what do you think of this bag?“ His mother praised her son rather than scolding him.”It looks great!“

The next time, he stole an overcoat.She praised him again when he stole it.A few years later, he grew up to be a young man.He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother.”How beautiful!“ This time, she did not scold her son again.Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things.One day, the police caught him.Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother.They took him to his mother.As soon as he saw his mother, he bit her earlobe.”O(jiān)uch!What's the matter with you?“ She finally scolded him.Her son answered.”If you had given me a scolding like that when I stole the first bag, I could not have become a thief.“

She collapsed as she looked at her son heading to prison.”If I only could turn back time, I would scold him severely." She regretted that she always praised him, whatever he did.

第五篇：簡單英語小短文

How a Colt Crossed the River One day, a colt took a bag of wheat to the mill.As he was running with the bag on his back, he came to a small river.The colt could not decide whether he could cross it.Looking around, he saw a cow grazing nearby.He asked, “Aunt Cow, could you tell me if I can cross the river?” The cow told him that he could and that the river was not very deep, just knee high.The colt was crossing the river when a squirrel jumped down fron a tree and stopped him.The squirrel shouted, “Colt, stop!You’ll drown!One of my friends drowned just yesterday in the river.” Not knowing what to do, the colt went home to consult his mum.He told his mum his experience on the way.His mother said, “My child, don’t always listen to others.You’d better go and try yourself.Then you’ll know what to do.” Later, at the river,the squirrel stopped the colt again.“Little horse, it’s too dangerous!” “No, I want to try myself,” answered the colt.Then he crossed the river carefully.You see, real knowledge comes from practice.中文翻譯：

小馬過河

一天，一匹小馬馱著麥子去磨坊。當(dāng)它馱著口袋向前跑去時(shí)，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)一條小河擋住了去路。小馬為難了，這可怎么辦呢？它向四周望了望，看見一頭奶牛在河邊吃草。小馬問道：“牛阿姨，請您告訴我，這條河我能趟過去嗎？”奶牛回答說：“水很淺，剛到膝蓋。”

小馬正準(zhǔn)備過河，突然從樹上跳下一只松鼠，攔住它大叫道：“小馬，別過河！你會(huì)被淹死的。昨天，我的一個(gè)伙伴就在這條河里淹死啦！”小馬不知如何是好，于是決定回家問問媽媽。

小馬把路上的經(jīng)歷告訴了媽媽。媽媽說：“孩子，光聽別人說是不行的，你自己親自去試一試，就知道答案了。”小馬回到河邊，剛要下水，松鼠又大叫起來：“小馬，你不要命啦？”小馬說：“讓我自己試試吧。”他一面回答一面下了河，小心地趟了過去。

這下明白了吧，實(shí)踐才能出真知

The Fox and the Tiger(狐貍和老虎)An Archer, hunting in the woods, was so successful with his arrows that he killed many of the wild animals.This frightened the rest so much that they ran into the densest part of the bushes to hide.At last the Tiger stood up, and pretending to be very brave, told the other animals not to be afraid anymore, but to rely on his courage, and he would attack the enemy on his own.While he was talking, and lashing his tail and tearing at the ground with his claws to impress the others, an arrow came and pierced his ribs.The Tiger howled with pain.While he was trying to draw out the arrow with his teeth the Fox went up to him and asked, in surprise, whoever had the strength and courage to wound such a brave and mighty beast as the Tiger?

“Nay,” said the Tiger, “I misjudged my enemy.It was that unbeatable man over there!”

MORAL: Knowledge is power.中文翻譯：

狐貍和老虎

一個(gè)射手正在森林里打獵。他的箭法好極了，射死了許多野獸。這可大大地嚇壞了余下的動(dòng)物，它們都跑到最茂盛的灌木叢中躲藏起來。最后，老虎站了起來，裝著非常勇敢的樣子叫其余的動(dòng)物相信它的勇敢，不必再害怕。它將獨(dú)個(gè)兒向敵人進(jìn)攻。它一邊說著，一邊甩動(dòng)著它的尾巴，并用它的爪子刨著地上的泥土，想使別人更信任它。就在這時(shí)，一枝箭飛來，刺穿了他的肋骨，老虎頓時(shí)痛得吼叫起來。

正當(dāng)它盡力用牙齒拔出身上的箭時(shí)，狐貍走上前來吃驚地問道：“誰能有這樣的力氣和膽量來傷害象老虎這樣勇敢而強(qiáng)有力的野獸呢？”

“不，”老虎說，“我錯(cuò)誤地判斷了我的敵人，是那邊那個(gè)不可戰(zhàn)勝的人打敗了我。”

少兒英語小故事

One day,a little monkey is playing by the well.He looks in the well and shouts : “Oh!My god!The moon has fallen into the well!” An older monkeys runs over, takes a look,and says, “Goodness me!The moon is really in the water!” And olderly monkey comes over.He is very surprised as well and cries out: “The moon is in the well.” A group of monkeys run over to the well.They look at the moon in the well and shout: “The moon did fall into the well!Come on!Let’get it out!” Then,the oldest monkey hangs on the tree up side down ,with his feet on the branch.And he pulls the next monkey’s feet with his hands.All the other monkeys follow his suit, And they join each other one by one down to the moon in the well.Just before they reach the moon,the oldest monkey raises his head and happens to see the moon in the sky, He yells excitedly “Don’t be so foolish!The moon is still in the sky!”

中文翻譯：

一天，有只小猴子在井邊玩兒。它往井里一瞧，高喊道：“噢！我的天！月亮掉到井里頭啦！”一只大猴子跑來一看，說，“糟啦！月亮掉在井里頭啦！”老猴子也跑過來。他也非常驚奇，喊道：“糟了，月亮掉在井里頭了！”一群猴子跑到井邊來，他們看到井里的月亮，喊道：“月亮掉在井里頭啦！快來！讓我們把它撈起來！”然后，老猴子倒掛在大樹上，拉住大猴子的腳，其他的猴子一個(gè)個(gè)跟著，它們一只連著一只直到井里。正好他們摸到月亮的時(shí)候，老猴子抬頭發(fā)現(xiàn)月亮掛在天上呢,它興奮地大叫：“別蠢了！月亮還好好地掛在天上呢！”

Rabbit Finds a Home

Rabbit has grown up.“There are too many rabbits in this hole!It is time to leave the nest.I am going to find my own home,” the oldest rabbit says.Rabbit decides to look in a different hole.“You cannot live here.This is my home!” shouts Mouse.So, Rabbit hops into the forest.He looks into another hole.“You cannot live here.This is my home!” shouts Squirrel.Rabbit looks for a new hole, one he can call his own.“You cannot live here.This is my home!” shouts Ground Hog.Rabbit is sad.He cannot find a home.Rabbit does not see Eagle flying high in the sky.At that time, the beautiful White Rabbit saw Eagle.“Quickly, come inside!” she shouts.“Thank you so much.You have saved my life!” Rabbit says.“You're welcome,” White Rabbit answers.“What a roomy hole you have!I wish I had a hole like this!” he says.Rabbit was surprised by how big the hole was.“I am alone in this big hole.Why don't you stay here with me?” White Rabbit asks.“Thank you.I will stay here.Now, I have found a home!” says Rabbit.幼兒英語故事精選4篇 The wolf and the hares

The wind is blowing.It is snowing.The wolf is coming and say : “ I’m a wolf , I’m hungry.” The wolf is going the hares.“ open the door.” The hare say: “ who is it ?” the wolf say : “it’s me , Grandma.” “Grandma ? No, it’s not Grandma.” The wolf comes to the hares’ again , with a basket of bread..“ open the door.I bring you bread” The hares say to their sister : “Ah!It’s the wolf.we can’t open the door.” The wolf is very angry.He is hitting at the door.“Open the door!I want to come in!” The hares say : “ you are the wolf.we can’t let you in!” the hares are very clever.狼和野兔

天正刮著風(fēng)下著雪。狼出來了，他很餓。他來到了野兔家“開門”。野兔問：“是誰呀？”“是我，我是你的外婆。”“外婆？不，不是。”狼又拿來了甜品來了，“快開門，我?guī)砹嗣姘！?野兔對他的姐妹們說：“他是狼，我們不開門。”狼很生氣，他踢著門說：“快開門！我要進(jìn)去！”野兔說：“你是狼，我們不讓你進(jìn)來。”野兔真聰明。

幼兒英語故事精選4篇 A poor pig

Danny is a little pig.He is unhappy because he wants to leave home to see the world.It’s a sunny day.Danny goes away when his parents are sleeping.on his way he meets an elephant , a peacock and a rabbit.At last , he gets to a lake.He looks at his reflection in the water and says, “I wish I have an elephant’s nose , a peacock’s tail and a rabbit’s ears.” after a while , Danny’s wish comes true.He runs back excitedly.But his parents can’t recognize Danny , “Go away , you’re not our son.” Danny goes to the lake again.“ I just want to be a pig.” He says sadly.Danny waits and waits.He becomes a pig again.Danny runs back quickly.His parents hug and say , “ This is our lovely baby.”

可憐的小豬

丹尼是只小豬，為此他很不開心，他希望自己能夠擁有大象的鼻子、孔雀的尾巴、小兔的耳朵。可是，當(dāng)他的愿望實(shí)現(xiàn)的時(shí)候，爸爸媽媽卻不認(rèn)他了。可憐的小豬決定，還是變回自己原來的樣子吧。

幼兒英語故事精選4篇 Look at the sky

One day , Charley boght a hot dog in a snack bar after school.Suddenly , he stopped and raised his head high.He kept looking at the sky.It lasted two minutes.A woman passed by.she saw Charley looking at the sky.and she stooped and also looked at the sky.The sky was blue.There were some white clouds.Charley still looked at the sky and didn’t move a bit.The woman also went on looking at the sky.Mary passers-by stopped.They looked at the sky , too.After a while , charley lowered his head.He laughed and asked.“what are you looking for in the sky ?”

The woman said : “ why are you looking at the sky ?”

“I didn’t look at the sky.” Charley pointed to his nose.” My nose was bleeding.”

看天空

查理在路上把頭抬得高高的，路上的人以為天上有什么好看的，一個(gè)接一個(gè)的停了下來，抬頭望著天，可是，查理抬頭看天是因?yàn)樗谋亲映鲅耍敲雌渌四兀?/p>

幼兒英語故事精選4篇 Who’s Broken A window ?

Billy and Bobby were small boys.They were brothers.and they often fight with each other.last Saturday their mother said to them , “I’m going to cook lunch now.Go out and play in the garden …and be good.”

“Yes , Mummy ,” the two boys answered and they went out.They played for half an hour , and then Billy ran into the kitchen.“Mummy ,”he said , “Bobby’s broken a window in Mrs Allen’s house ,” Mrs Allen was one of their neighbors.“He’s a bad boy ,” his mother said , “How did he break it ?”

“I threw a stone at him ,” Billy answered.” “ and he quickly mowed down.”

誰打碎了玻璃

比利和鮑比在花園里玩耍，不小心打碎了玻璃。比利向媽媽告狀：“鮑比打碎了玻璃！”媽媽問：“他為什么打碎玻璃？”比利說：“因?yàn)槲矣檬^扔他，他躲開了”。瞧，比利的回答多么可笑！