英语寓言故事两篇

寓言故事是文学体裁的一种，含有讽喻或明显教训意义的故事。通常用借喻手法，使富有教训意义的主题或深刻的道理在简单短小的故事中体现。下面本站小编为大家带来英语寓言故事两篇，欢迎大家阅读!

英语寓言故事： 懒驴

A man bought a Donkey at the market one day and took him home on approval.

一天，有个人在集市上买了一头驴，把驴牵回家先试用一下。

Now the man owned several Donkeys already and he knew each one's character very well.

这人已经有好几头驴了，深知每头驴的习性。

One of the Donkey was very strong and brave. Another was eager to please but quickly exhausted.

有头驴又强壮、又勇敢;还有头驴急于讨人喜欢，可一会儿就累了;

One Donkey was very lazy. He hated going to work in the morning and he did as little as he possibly could all day long.

另有头驴非常懒，它不愿意一大早就去干活，一整天它都尽可能地少干点活，别的驴载东西时，

When the other animals were being loaded up he always tried to be the last so that he would get the lightest load.

它总是尽量排最后一个，这样载的东西就会最轻。

The man led the new Donkey into the stable yard. For a moment he stood sniffing at his new companions. Then, without hesitation, he trotted up to the lazy Donkey and began feeding comfortably at his side.

这个人把新买的驴牵进牲口棚的院子里。驴站了一会儿，闻了闻它的新伙伴们，然后，毫不犹豫地跑到懒驴跟前，在它旁边悠闲自得地吃起草来。

Though it was late in the day, the man immediately led the new Donkey out of the yard, straight back to the market.

天色已经很晚了，这个人还是马上把新买的驴牵出了院子，径直回到集市上。

"You cannot have given him a fair trial yet, "said the merchant. "It is only ten minutes since you bought him."

“你不可能已经好好试过了，”卖驴的人说，“你买了它才十几分钟。”

"I don't need to try him any more," replied the man. "I know just what he is like from the friend he chose for himself.

“我不用再试了，”这个人回答道。“从它自己挑选的朋友，我就知道它是头什么样的驴了。

Take him away and give me my money back. I can do without Donkeys like him."

把它牵走，把钱还给我。我没有这样的驴也能过日子。”

英语寓言故事：两头驴

A wild donkey once met a tame donkey feeding on a hillside. The wild donkey was thin and small.

有一次，一头野驴看到一头家驴正在山坡上吃草。生活在野 外的野驴又瘦又小。

He spent his life out of doors, sheltering as best he could in the cold weather and eating the sparse hill grass all the year around.

天气寒冷时，它还得努力找个较好的藏身之 处，山上零星的小草就是它平日的食物。

He sometimes had to walk miles to find fresh water and at night there was always danger from prowling wolves.

有时，为了找到干净的 水源解渴它不得不跑到几英里外的地方。晚上还要惕到处觅 食的狼群。

The tame donkey was sleek and fat. During the summer he fed on the rich meadow grass while in winter he was given corn and hay to eat.

可那头家驴却肥肥壮壮的。夏天，牧场里丰美的鲜草可以任 它享用：冬天，有人为它准备了谷物和千草，

There was always a pail of fresh water for him to drink and at night he was shut safely in a stable. "How lucky you are," said the wild donkey, "I wish I could live like you.'

而且总有一桶它可 以随时饮用的干净水：晚上，它可以在牲口棚里放心地过夜。怕你太幸运了，一野驴说，-我真羡慕你那种生活。

A few days later the wild donkey was once more foraging on the hillside. Looking down he saw the tame donkey walking slowly along the road, carrying a heavy load of wood.

数天后，野驴又来到山坡上吃草。它俯身向山下望去，看到人家驴正驮着沉重的木头，缓慢地沿着路边走着。

As he watched, the tame donkey paused to enrich at a thistle growing by the roadside, immediately his driver began to shout and to beat him with a stick.

驴想停下来吃路边的蓟草，赶驴人马上对它大吼，并用棍子抽打它。我不想过你那样的生活了，"

I've changed my mind about your way of life, thought the wild donkey" .I see that you have to pay heavily for the corn and hay they gives you.'

野驴心想，舯我终于知道了，要得到主人的谷物和干草，你必须付出沉重的代价。