適合兒童的英語寓言故事

　　寓言大多是動物故事，以動物為喻，教人處世和做人的道理，形式短小精悍，比喻恰當，形象生動，通常在結尾以一句話畫龍點睛地揭示蘊含的道理。下面是小編為大家帶來，希望大家喜歡!

　　：雌狐與母獅

　　One morning when a vixen was taking her babies out of the lair, she saw a lioness and her cub.

　　"Why do you have only one child, dear dame?" asked the vixen.

　　"Look at my healthy and numerous children here, and imagine, if you are able, how a proud mother should feel."

　　The lioness said calmly, "Yes, just look at that beautiful collection. What are they? Foxes! I've only one, but remember, that one is a lion."

　　●一天清早，雌狐狸帶著她的孩子走出巢穴，看見了母獅子和她的孩子。

　　●“為什麼你只有一個孩子，夫人?”雌狐狸問，“看我這群健康的孩子，如果有能力，一個驕傲的媽媽應該多養一些孩子。”

　　●母獅平靜地說：“是呀，看看這漂亮的一大群，他們都是狐狸!我只有一個，可他畢竟是一頭獅子。”

　　寓意: 貴重的價值在於質，而不在於量。

　　：狐狸和葡萄

　　One hot summer day a fox was walking through an orchard. He stopped before a bunch of grapes. They were ripe and juicy.

　　"I’m just feeling thirsty," he thought. So he backed up a few paces, got a running start, jumped up, but could not reach the grapes.

　　He walked back. One, two, three, he jumped up again, but still, he missed the grapes.

　　The fox tried again and again, but never succeeded. At last he decided to give it up.

　　He walked away with his nose in the air, and said“I am sure they are sour.”

　　●一個炎熱的夏日，狐狸走過一個果園，他停在一大串熟透而多汁的葡萄前。

　　●狐狸想：“我正口渴呢。”於是他後退了幾步，向前一衝，跳起來，卻無法夠到葡萄。

　　●狐狸後退又試。一次，兩次，三次，但是都沒有得到葡萄。

　　●狐狸試了一次又一次，都沒有成功。最後，他決定放棄，他昂起頭,邊走邊說：“葡萄還沒有成熟，我敢肯定它是酸的。”

　　寓意: 在經歷了許多嘗試而不能獲得成功的時候，有些人往往故意輕視成功，以此來尋求心理安慰。

　　：斷尾的狐狸

　　A fox’s tail was caught in a trap. When he was trying to release himself, he lost his whole tail except the stump.

　　At first he was ashamed to see the other foxes because he had no tail, but he was determined to face his misfortune. He called all the foxes to a meeting.

　　When they had gotten together, the fox said that they should all do away with their tails.

　　He said that their tails were very inconvenient when they met with their enemies.

　　He did not talk about any advantages of the tail. "You are right," said one of the older foxes, "but I don’t think you would advise us to do away with our tails if you hadn’t lost it yourself first."

　　●一隻狐狸的尾巴被夾住了，當他試著脫身的時候，掙斷了整條尾巴。

　　●開始時，他看到其他狐狸的

　　時候感到很羞愧。後來，他決定面對這種不幸，就召集了所有的狐狸開會。

　　●大家到齊後，他極力勸說其他狐狸也割掉尾巴，說尾巴在遭遇敵人時很不方便，尾巴一點兒作用也沒有。

　　●可他沒有說有尾巴的任何好處。

　　●一隻老狐狸站出來說：“如果你沒有失去你的尾巴，你是不會來勸大家都割去尾巴的。 ”

　　寓意: 有些人為了自己的利益而勸告他人，我們不能輕信他們的意見。