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三则经典寓言故事阅读

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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。它的结构简短,多用借喻手法,使富有教训意义的主题或深刻的道理在简单的故事中体现。下面本站小编为大家带来经典寓言故事,欢迎大家阅读!

三则经典寓言故事阅读

经典寓言故事:牧童和狼

A Shepherd-boy, who tended his flock not far from a village, used to amuse himself at times in crying out "Wolf! Wolf!" Twice or thrice his trick succeeded. The whole village came running out to his assistance when all the return they got was to be laughed at for their pains. At last one day the wolf came indeed. The boy cried out in earnest. But his neighbors, supposing him to be at his old sport,paid no heed to his cries, and the wolf devoured the sheep.

So the boy learned, when it was too late, that liars are not believed even when they tell the truth.

一个放羊的孩子在离村子不远的地方放羊。他为了开心寻乐常喊:“狼来了!狼来了!”他的恶作剧有两三次达到了目的。全村的人都跑来帮忙,而他们所得到的回报却是一顿嘲笑,白费了心力。最后,有一天狼真的来了。这个孩子认真地大喊起来。但是他的邻人们却以为他又在耍把戏,谁都不理会他的喊叫,于是狼把羊吃了。

因此这牧童得到了教训:爱说谎的人,甚至在他说真话的时候,也没人相信他,但是他知道得太晚了。

经典寓言故事:老猫

An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."

一位老妇有只猫,这只猫很老,它跑不快了,也咬不了东西,因为它年纪太大了。一天,老猫发现一只老鼠,它跳过去抓这只老鼠,然而,它咬不住这只老鼠。因此,老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了,因为老猫咬不了它。

于是,老妇很生气,因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫,猫说:“不要打你的老仆人,我已经为你服务了很多年,而且还愿意为你效劳,但是,我实在太老了,对年纪大的不要这么无情,要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”

 经典寓言故事:鲫鱼求救

Zhuang Zhou's family was poor. Once, he went to the official who supervised rivers to borrow some grain. The official said: "Well, wait until the end of the year when I collect the taxes from the people, then I will lend you 300 gold pieces. All right?"

When Zhuang Zhou heard this, he was so angry that the colow of his face changed. But he told the official this story: When I came here yesterday, on the way I heard a voice calling 'Help!' I turned my head and saw a small crucian carp in the dried-up carriage ditch."

I went over and asked: "Little crucian carp, why are you calling for help?"

The little crucian carp answered: "I am a subject of the Dragon King of the East China Sea. Unfortunately I fell down here. Can you give me a little water to save my life?"

I said: "All right, I am just going to the south to sell ideas to the kings of the States of Wu and Yue. I will ask them to stir up the water of the Xijiang River to welcome you. Will that do?"

When the crucian carp heard this, it got angry and said: "When I lose the water which is always with me, I cannot survive. Now, I want only a little bit of water so that I can you say such things. Then you'd better go to the salt-fish shop to look for me."

庄周家境贫穷。一次,他去监河侯那里借粮食,监河侯说:“好吧!等到年底,我收到了老百姓的税金时,就借给你三百金,行吗?”

庄周一听,气得脸色都变了,但是他却对监河侯讲了这样一件事情:我昨天来时,半路上听到‘救命’的呼喊声。我回过头来,看见干涸的车沟里有条小螂鱼。

我走过去,问它: “小娜鱼,你为什么喊救命?”

小鲤鱼回答说:“我是东海龙王的臣子,不幸落到这里。您能够给我一些水来救我活命吗?”

我说:“好吧!我正好要去南方游说吴国和越国的国王,那我就请他们激起西江的大水来迎接您,可以吗?”

卿鱼听了,气得不得了,说:“我失去了常跟我在一起的水,就无法生存下去了。现在,我只要得到一些水,就能够生存下去;你却说出这样的话。好吧,你不如趁早到咸鱼店里去找我吧!”