寓言故事中英文版

Onavacationtrip,DukeHuanofthestateofQicametotheruinofthecapitalofGuoShi,whichperishedlongago.

Seeingthedesolateandbleakprospectsofbrokentiles,collapsedwalls,andclustersofweeds,hecouldnothelpaskingthelocalpeopleaboutthereasonoftheruinofGuoShi.

Theyreplied,"GuoShiwasfondofdoinggooddeeds,andaversetoevildoing,whichledtotheperdition."

WhentheDukecouldnotunderstandtheanswer,peopleexplained,"Thoughhelikeddoinggood,hehadneverbeenabletodoso;thoughhehatedevildoing,nevercouldhehelpnotparticipating.Thatcausedtheruinofhiscapital."

郭氏之墟

齊桓公出游途中，來(lái)到已經(jīng)滅亡許久的郭氏都城的廢墟。

看到瓦礫殘?jiān)?、雜草叢生的蕭條景象，忍不住問(wèn)當(dāng)?shù)匕傩展蠝缤龅脑颉?/p>

百姓們回答說(shuō)："郭氏由于喜愛(ài)善行善事。厭惡邪惡丑行而導(dǎo)致滅亡。"

齊桓公不能理解這種回答，百姓們便解釋說(shuō)："郭氏雖然喜愛(ài)善行善事，但從來(lái)都不能做到；盡管厭惡邪惡丑行，卻總是忍不住參與其中。這就是他的都城變成廢墟的原因。"——————————————————————————————————

Amouseoncetookabiteoutofabull'stailashelaydozing.Thebulljumpedupinarageand,withhisheadlowtotheground,chasedthemouserightacrosstheyard.Themousewastooquickforhim,however,andslippedeasilyintoaholeinthewall.

Thebullchargedthewallfuriouslyagainandagain,butalthoughhebruisedhisheadandchippedhishorns,themousestayedsafelyinsidehishole.Afteratimethebullgaveupandsankdowntorestagain.

Assoonasthebullwasasleep,thelittlemousecrepttothemouthofthehole,patteredacrosstheyard,bitthebullagain--thistimeonthenose--andrushedbacktosafety.Asthebullroaredhelplesslythemousesqueaked:

"It'snotalwaysthebigpeoplewhocomeoffbest.Sometimesthesmalloneswin,youknow."

老鼠和公牛

有一次，公牛躺著打盹，一只老鼠咬了他的尾巴。公牛怒氣沖沖地跳起來(lái)，低著頭追老鼠，一直追過(guò)院子。然而，老鼠跑得比他快多了，從容地鉆到墻洞里去了。

公牛一次又一次地猛撞墻壁，盡管頭撞腫了，角撞裂了，老鼠卻安然待在洞里。過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，公牛不撞了，倒下歇著。

公牛剛睡著，小老鼠就爬到洞口，嗒嗒地跑過(guò)院子，又咬了公牛一口??這回咬了鼻子??又跑回安全的地方去。當(dāng)公牛毫無(wú)辦法地吼叫時(shí)，老鼠吱吱叫道：

"大人物并不總占上風(fēng)。有時(shí)小人物也會(huì)取勝。"——————————————————————————————————

Aboywasplayinginthefieldswhenhewasstungbyanettle.Heranhometotellhismotherwhathadhappened.

"Ionlytoucheditlightly,"hesaid,"andthenastythingstungme."

"Itstungyoubecauseyouonlytoucheditlightly,"hismothertoldhim."Nexttimeyoutouchanettlegraspitastightlyasyoucan.Thenitwon'tstingyouatall."

Facedangerboldly.

男孩和蕁麻

有個(gè)男孩子在地里玩耍，被蕁麻刺痛了。他跑回家去，告訴媽媽出了什么事。

"我不過(guò)輕輕地碰了它一下，"他說(shuō)，"那討厭的東西就把我刺痛了。"

"你只輕輕地碰了它一下，所以它才刺痛你，"媽媽對(duì)他說(shuō)，"下一回你再碰到蕁麻，就盡量緊緊地抓住它。那它就根本不會(huì)刺痛你了。"

要敢于面對(duì)危險(xiǎn)。

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Amanonceboughtabrilliantly-colouredparrot.Insteadoflockingitupinacageorchainingittoaperch,heallowedittoflyfreealloverthehouse.Theparrotwasdelightedatthisandflappedfromroomtoroom,shriekingandscreamingwithhappiness.Atlasthesettledontheedgeofarichcurtain.

"Whoonearthareyou?"saidacrossvoicefrombelow."Stopthatterriblenoiseatonce."

Theparrotsawacatstaringupathimfromthecarpet.

"I'maparrot.I'vejustarrivedandI'mtomakeasmuchnoiseasIcan,"hesaid.

"Well,I'velivedhereallmylife,"repliedthecat."IwasborninthisveryhouseandIlearnedfrommymotherthatitisbesttokeepquiethere."

"Keepquietthen,"saidtheparrotcheerfully."Idon'tknowwhatyoudoaroundhere,butIknowmyjob.MymasterboughtmeformyvoiceandI'mgoingtomakesurehehearsit."

Differentpeoplearevaluedfordifferentthings.

鸚鵡和貓

從前，有人買(mǎi)了一只毛色鮮艷的鸚鵡。他沒(méi)有把鸚鵡關(guān)在籠子里，也沒(méi)有用鏈條把他拴在棲木上，而讓他在家里自由自在地飛來(lái)飛去。鸚鵡對(duì)此非常高興，撲動(dòng)翅膀，從一間屋子飛到另一間屋子，愉快地尖聲叫著，最后停在華麗的帷幔的邊上。

"你到底是誰(shuí)？"從下面?zhèn)鱽?lái)怒氣沖沖的說(shuō)話(huà)聲，"馬上住嘴，別發(fā)出那難聽(tīng)的聲音。"

鸚鵡看見(jiàn)地毯上有一只貓?zhí)ь^看著他。

"我是鸚鵡。我剛到，我要使勁地吵吵。"他說(shuō)。

"那你就一聲不響吧，"鸚鵡歡快地說(shuō)，"我不知道你在這兒干什么，可我知道我的活兒。主人為了我的聲音才買(mǎi)我，我一定得讓他聽(tīng)到。"

不同的人因有不同的特點(diǎn)而受重視?！?/p>

Amanoncehadfoursonswhoneverstoppedquarrellingwithoneanother.Hewasalwaystellingthemhowmucheasierlifewouldbeiftheyworkedtogetherbuttheytookabsolutelynonoticeofhim.Onedayhedecidedtoshowthemwhathemeant.

Hecalledallthesonstogetherandputatightlytiedbundleofsticksonthefloorinfrontofthem.

"Canyoubreakthat?"heaskedtheyoungestson.TheboyputhiskneeonthebundlebutFinally,afterdaysofexpectationasmallcrackappearedinthemountain.Andoutpopped----amouse.Justbecaus