简单的英语小故事（一）：
Once there were three foxes， they worked together. They lived a happy life.
Little by little， the youngest fox became lazy， and often quarreled with the other foxes. The eldest had to leave， and the second fox was driven off， too.
Looking at the warm house with a lot of good food in it， the youngest fox smiled.
The eldest fox opened a new hill again.
The second eldest fox dug a pool. Two of them because rich soon.
The youngest fox ate up the food left by the other two foxes. In the end it felt so cold and hungry that it could not stand up.
从前有三只狐狸，他们愉快地工作和居住在一齐。
最小的狐狸又懒又坏，经常同其他的两只狐狸争吵，气走了它的大哥和二哥。
最小的狐狸得意地住在温暖的房子里享受着丰富的食品。
老大重新开了一块小山坡种地。
老二挖了池塘，不久他们过上了富裕的生活。
最小的狐狸吃完了那些狐狸留下的所有食物，最终又冷又饿连站也站不起来。
简单的英语小故事（二）：
One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth. At that time， a fox saw the crow with the meat， so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However， whatever the fox said to the crow， the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crows beautiful voice， the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon as the meat fell down to the ground， the fox took the meat and went into his hole.
有一天， 一只乌鸦站在窝旁的树枝上嘴里叼着一片肉，心里十分高兴。这时候，一只狐狸看见了乌鸦，馋得直流口水，十分想得到那片肉。可是，无论狐狸说什么，乌鸦就是不理睬狐狸。最终，狐狸赞美乌鸦的嗓音美，并要求乌鸦唱几句让他欣赏欣赏。乌鸦听了狐狸赞美的话，得意极了，就唱起歌来。没想到，肉一掉下来，狐狸就叼起肉，钻回了洞。
简单的英语小故事（三）：
Standing on the roof of a small goat and the Wolf
Kid standing on the roof and saw the Wolf walked through the bottom and then abuse him， and laughed at him. The Wolf said， "oh， buddy， scold me is not you， but your terrain. "
This story to illustrate， dili and cat often give a person the courage to fight against the strong.
翻译：站在屋顶的小山羊与狼
小山羊站在屋顶上，看见狼从底下走过，便谩骂他，嘲笑他。狼说道：“啊，伙计，骂我的不是你，而是你所处的地势。”
这故事说明，地利与天机常常给人勇气去与强者抗争。
简单的英语小故事（四）：
there are many animals in the forest. today is a fine day. animals are having a sport meeting.
monkey， fox， panda， rabbit and bear are running. look! rabbit is the first. fox and monkey are the second. bear is the third. the other animals are shouting， “bear! e on! bear! e on!” and look there， duck and pig are doing high jump. pig is too fat， he can’t jump very high. so duck is the champion. here! cat and squirrel are climbing a tree. cat is ill. so he is the last， but he does his best.
this sports meeting is wonderful. the animals are very happy!
森林里有很多动物。
今日天气晴朗，小动物要举行运动会。小猴子，狐狸，兔子和小熊在赛跑。看!小兔子得了第一，狐狸和猴子得了第二，小熊得了第三。小动物们都在叫喊：“小熊，加油!小熊，加油!”看那儿，小鸭和小猪在比赛跳高。小猪太胖了，成绩不太梦想，所有小鸭得了冠军。看那里!小猫和小松鼠在比赛爬树，小猫生病了，没能拿冠军，但它全力以赴了。
运动会可真棒，小动物们多开心啊!
简单的英语小故事（五）：
A waggoner was once driving a heavy load on a very muddy road.
一名车夫赶着货车沿着一条十分泥泞的小路前行。
Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire， and the horse could not pull them out.
突然，马车的轮子陷入了泥潭，马无法将它们拉出来。
The waggoner threw down his whip. He knelt down and prayed to Hercules. “Hercules， help me，please，“ he said.
车夫扔下鞭子，跪在地上，祈求大力神出现，“大力神啊，请来帮忙我。”他说。
But Hercules appeared to him， and said， “Man， don’t kneel there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.“
大力神出现了，却说：“朋友，用你的肩膀把车轮扛起来，再驱赶马拉车出来。跪在那里祈求我有什么用呢?”
简单的英语小故事（六）：
Little boy and scorpion son
There is a child in front of city wall to catch the grasshopper， and in a short while caught the lots of。Suddenly see a scorpion son， he to think is also grasshopper，
Then two go to catch him。The scorpion son raises his poison to stab， say:" e， if you really dare to do like this， connect your grasshopper that catch to also would entirely lose。"
This story warns people， and want to distinguish the pure good man with the bad person， and distinct to treat them。
小男孩与蝎子
有个小孩在城墙前捉蚱蜢，一会儿就捉了许多。忽然看见一只蝎子，他以为也是蚱蜢，
便着两手去捕捉他。蝎子举起他的毒 刺，说道：“来吧，如果你真敢这样做，就连你捉的蚱蜢也会统统失掉。”
这故事告诫人们，要分辨清好人和坏人，区别对待他们。
简单的英语小故事（七）：
Wolf and egret
The wolf mistake swallowed a piece of bone， very suffered， running about， look for to visit the doctor everywhere。He met the egret， and talk to settle the service fees to invite him to take out the bone， egret to stretch in the wolf's throat the own head， and the 叼 outs bone， then toward to settle the good service fees wolfThe wolf answer says:" hello， friend， you can since the wolf 嘴 take back the head in the peace ground， and the difficult way return the dissatisfied foot， and how and still speak the guerdon?"
This story elucidation， guerdon badly person act charitably， and is a bad person of cognition and does not speak the reputation's innate character。
狼与鹭鸶
狼误吞下了一块骨头，十分难受，四处奔走，寻访医生。他遇见了鹭鸶，谈定酬金请他取出骨头，鹭鸶把自我的头伸进狼的喉咙里，叼出了骨头，便向狼要定好的酬金。狼回答说：“喂，朋友，你能从狼嘴里平安无事地收回头来，难道还不满足，怎样还要讲报酬？”
这故事说明，对坏人行善的报酬，就是认识坏人不讲信用的本质。
简单的英语小故事（八）：
bat falling upon the ground was caught by a weasel， ofwhom he earnestly besought his life. the weasel refused，saying， that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. thebat assured him that he was not a bird， but a mouse， andthus saved his life.
shortly afterwards the bat again fellon the ground， and was carght by another weasel， whom helikewise entreated not to eat him. the weasel said that hehad a special hostility to mice. the bat assured him thathe was not a mouse， but a bat; and thus a second timeescaped.it is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
一只蝙蝠坠落到地面上来，被一只鼠狼捉住了，蝙蝠哀求讨饶。鼠狼不答应，说它自我最爱和鸟类为敌。蝙蝠便证明它自我不是鸟，只是一只老鼠，所以鼠狼就放了它。
不久这只蝙蝠又坠落到地上来，被另一只鼠狼捉住，它同样地哀求讨饶。那鼠狼说它自我最恨老鼠，蝙蝠证明自我并不是老鼠，而是一只蝙蝠;所以，它第二次又安然地逃离危险了。随机应变乃聪明之举。
简单的英语小故事（九）：
There was a sturdy ram with a pair of thick horns upright on its head.
It strutted about proudly and saw a fence built with bamboo and wood in front， which blocked its way. It cast a sidelong glance at the fence， lowered its neck and lunged at the fence， hoping to knock it down. The fence remained intact but the ram injured its own horns.
If it had not injured its horns， the ram would have persisted obstinately in butting against the fence， even against the spokes of a wheel until it bled with a fractured skull.
As a result， with its horns caught in the fence， the ram could neither advance nor retreat butbleat helplessly.
一头长得十分雄壮的公羊的头上，挺立着一对粗大的犄角。
公羊骄傲地踱着步，看见前面有一道竹木编成的篱笆挡住了它的去路。公羊斜着眼睛看看，便弯下脖子呼的一声撞上去，想把篱笆撞倒。结果篱笆纹丝不动，它反把自我的犄角碰伤了。
假如公羊没有碰伤犄角的话，那么它还会一个劲儿地撞下去，甚至向车轮的辐条上撞去，直到头破血流为止。
结果呢?公羊的犄角被篱笆夹住，进也不得，退也不得，只能“咩咩”不停地叫唤。
简单的英语小故事（十）：
Once a man wanted to go to the south， but his carriage was heading north. A passer-by asked him: “If you are going to the south， why is your chariot heading north? ” The man answered， “My horse is good at running， my driver is highly skilled at driving a carriage， and I have enough money. ” The man didn't consider that the direction might be wrong; the better his conditions were， the further he was away from his destination.
从前有个人要到南方去，他坐的车子却向北方行驶。过路人说：“你去南方，车子怎样向北行驶呢？”他回答说：“我的马很能跑路，我的车夫驾车的技术也很高明，加上我又带了充足的路费。”这个人没有研究到，方向弄反了，他的条件越好，离他要去的地方就越远。
The idiom derived from this story indicates that one's action was the opposite effect to one's intention.
之后人们就把这个故事概括为“南辕北辙”，比喻一个人的行为和他的目的正好相反。
简单的英语小故事（十一）：
The Sports Meeting in the Forest
There are many animals in the forest. Today is a fine day. Animals are having a sport meeting.
Monkey， Fox， Panda， Rabbit and Bear are running. Look! Rabbit is the first. Fox and Monkey are the second. Bear is the third. The other animals are shouting， “Bear! Come on! Bear! Come on!” And look there， Duck and Pig are doing high jump. Pig is too fat， he can’t jump very high. So Duck is the champion. Here! Cat and Squirrel are climbing a tree. Cat is ill. So he is the last， but he does his best.
This sports meeting is wonderful. The animals are very happy!
森林里有很多动物。
今日天气晴朗，小动物要举行运动会。小猴子，狐狸，兔子和小熊在赛跑。看!小兔子得了第一，狐狸和猴子得了第二，小熊得了第三。小动物们都在叫喊：“小熊，加油!小熊，加油!”看那儿，小鸭和小猪在比赛跳高。小猪太胖了，成绩不太梦想，所有小鸭得了冠军。看那里!小猫和小松鼠在比赛爬树，小猫生病了，没能拿冠军，但它全力以赴了。
运动会可真棒，小动物们多开心啊!
简单的英语小故事（十二）：
Story 1 Three Good Friends
One day， a monkey rides his bike near the river. This time he sees a lion under a tree. The lion runs at him. He is afraid and falls into the river. He can’t swim. He shouts. The rabbit hears him. He jumps into the river. The rabbit swims to the monkey， but he can’t help him. Luckily， an elephant es along. He is very strong. He helps the rabbit and monkey. Three friends are very happy. They go to the elephant’s home. Then， three of them bee good friends.
一天，一只猴子在河边骑车。这时他看见树下有一只狮子，狮子向他跑来。他十分的害怕，掉进河里。他不会游泳，大叫起来。兔子听见了，跳进水里，但他却没有办法救猴子。幸运的是，一只大象过来了。大象十分强壮，救出了兔子和猴子。他们来到大象的家，在那里吃了一顿大餐。从此他们成了好朋友。
简单的英语小故事（十三）：
Wolf and egret
The wolf mistake swallowed a piece of bone， very suffered， running about， look for to visit the doctor everywhere。He met the egret， and talk to settle the service fees to invite him to take out the bone， egret to stretch in the wolf's throat the own head， and the 叼 outs bone， then toward to settle the good service fees wolfThe wolf answer says:" hello， friend， you can since the wolf 嘴 take back the head in the peace ground， and the difficult way return the dissatisfied foot， and how and still speak the guerdon?"
This story elucidation， guerdon badly person act charitably， and is a bad person of cognition and does not speak the reputation's innate character。
狼与鹭鸶
狼误吞下了一块骨头，十分难受，四处奔走，寻访医生。他遇见了鹭鸶，谈定酬金请他取出骨头，鹭鸶把自我的头伸进狼的喉咙里，叼出了骨头，便向狼要定好的酬金。狼回答说：“喂，朋友，你能从狼嘴里平安无事地收回头来，难道还不满足，怎样还要讲报酬？”
这故事说明，对坏人行善的报酬，就是认识坏人不讲信用的本质。
简单的英语小故事（十四）：
In the Warring States Period， there was a man in the State of Wei called Geng Lei. One day he said to the king: 'I can shoot down birds by simply plucking my bowstring.' When the king expressed doubt， Geng Lei pointed his bow at a wild goose flying in the sky， twanged the bowstring， and the goose fell to the ground. Geng Lei said， 'This goose has been hurt in the past. Hearing the twang of the bowstring， it assumed that it was doomed. So it simply gave up trying to live.
战国时期（公元前403―221年中国中原地区各诸侯国连年争战的时代）魏国有个名叫更羸的人。一天，他对国王说：“我只要拉开弓，空射一下，就能把天上的鸟射下来。”国王不相信。更羸便对准天上飞来的一只雁射去，果真那只雁听到拉弦的声音就掉了下来。国王感到很奇怪。更羸说，“那是一只受过伤的雁。它一听到我拉开弓弦的声响，就惊慌得支持不住，天然要掉下来了。”
This idiom means that if one has been frightened in the past one's will may bee paralysed in a similar situation.
“惊弓之鸟”这个成语比喻受过惊恐之后，有一点动静就异常害怕。
简单的英语小故事（十五）：
Two guys were walking through the jungle. All of a sudden， a tiger appears from a distance， running towards them. One of the guys takes out a pair of "Nikes" from his bag and starts to put them on. The other guy with a surprised look and exclaims， "Do you think you will run faster than the tiger with those?" His friend replies: "I don't have to out run it， I just have to run faster than you."
两个男人正在穿过丛林，突然，一只老虎出此刻远处，向他们冲来。 其中的一个人从包里拿出一双“耐克”鞋，开始穿上。另一个人惊奇地看着他说，“你以为穿上这个就能够跑得过老虎吗?” 他的朋友回答道：“我不用跑得过它，我只要跑得比你快就行了。”
简单的英语小故事（十六）：
Mike is a little boy. He is only five years old. He is too small to go to school. So he can not read and write.
One day he stood at my desk with a pencil in his hand. There was a big piece of paper on the desk. He wanted to draw a picture of himself. He drew lines and cleared them out， then drew more and cleared them out again. When I looked at the picture， he wasn't happy. "Well，" he said at last to me， "I'll put a tail on it and make it a monkey."
He began to add the tail. I began to laugh.
翻译
迈克是一个小男孩，他仅有5岁。他太小还没有上学，所以也不会读和写。
一天，他手里拿着一支铅笔站在我的桌子前。桌子上放着一张大纸，他要画自画像。他画了几笔就擦掉了，再画几笔，有擦掉了。当我看一幅画时，他很不高兴。 "好吧，"他最终和我说，"我就再加一条尾巴，把他画成一只猴子吧!"
他开始加上小尾巴，我大笑起来。
简单的英语小故事（十七）：
Long long ago， several people had a jar of wine among them and all of them wanted to drink it by himself。 So they set a rule that every one would draw a snake on the 4 12 ground and the man who finished first would have the wine。 One man finished his snake very soon and he was about to drink the wine when he saw the others were still busy drawing， so he decided to draw the feet to the snake。 However， before he could finish the feet， another man finished and grabbed the jar from him， saying， "Who has ever seen a snake with feet?” The story of "Draw a snake and add feet to It。” tells us going too far is as bad as not going far enough。
古时几个人分一壶酒。他们都想独自喝完那壶酒，所以就定了一个规矩：每人在地上画一条蛇，谁画得最快，这壶酒就归谁。有一个人很快就把蛇画好了。他正打算喝这壶酒时，看见别人都还在忙着画，就决定给蛇再画上几只脚。结果，他的'蛇脚还没加完，另一个人已经把蛇画好了。那人一下把酒壶夺了过去，说：“有谁见过长脚的蛇?”。这个故事告诉我们这样的道理：做得过分和做得不够都是不对的。
简单的英语小故事（十八）：
Complete nirvana painting a tiger
Five dynasties painting tiger famous through the pany since the childhood like painting， especially like painting a tiger， but not having seen the tiger really， always painted sick cats， the tiger so he decided to enter the mountains， visit the tiger， really experienced untold hardships， with the help of Orion's uncle， finally met the tiger really， through a lot of sketch copy， the painting techniques by leaps and bounds， tiger's tiger lifelike， a few can be spurious. Since then， and spent most of his time visited many famous mountains and great rivers， see more birds beast， finally bee a generation of masters.
五代画虎名家历归真从小喜欢画画，尤其喜欢画虎，可是由于没有见过真的老虎，总把老虎画成病猫，于是他决心进入深山老林，探访真的老虎，经历了千辛万苦，在猎户伯伯的帮忙下，最终见到了真的老虎，经过很多的写生临摹，其的画虎技法突飞猛进，笔下的老虎栩栩如生，几可乱真。从此以后，他又用大半生的时光游历了许多名山大川，见识了更多的飞禽猛兽，最终成为一代绘画大师。
简单的英语小故事（十九）：
Standing on the roof of a small goat and the Wolf
Kid standing on the roof and saw the Wolf walked through the bottom and then abuse him， and laughed at him. The Wolf said， "oh， buddy， scold me is not you， but your terrain. "
This story to illustrate， dili and cat often give a person the courage to fight against the strong.
翻译：站在屋顶的小山羊与狼
小山羊站在屋顶上，看见狼从底下走过，便谩骂他，嘲笑他。狼说道：“啊，伙计，骂我的不是你，而是你所处的地势。”
这故事说明，地利与天机常常给人勇气去与强者抗争。
简单的英语小故事（二十）：
Little boy and scorpion son
There is a child in front of city wall to catch the grasshopper， and in a short while caught the lots of。Suddenly see a scorpion son， he to think is also grasshopper，
Then two go to catch him。The scorpion son raises his poison to stab， say:" e， if you really dare to do like this， connect your grasshopper that catch to also would entirely lose。"
This story warns people， and want to distinguish the pure good man with the bad person， and distinct to treat them。
小男孩与蝎子
有个小孩在城墙前捉蚱蜢，一会儿就捉了许多。忽然看见一只蝎子，他以为也是蚱蜢，
便着两手去捕捉他。蝎子举起他的毒 刺，说道：“来吧，如果你真敢这样做，就连你捉的蚱蜢也会统统失掉。”
这故事告诫人们，要分辨清好人和坏人，区别对待他们。
简单的英语小故事（二十一）：
Proficiency in a particular line
Gong sun Long ， is a famous scholar lived in the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period (475-221BC). He had kept a circle skilled people around him. He often said， "A wise man should wele anyone with a specialty."
One day， a man dressed in tattered and dirty clothes came to see him and said to him:" I have a special skill. "
Gong asked: "What is it?"
"I have a loud voice and I'm good at shouting."
then Gong turned to his followers and asked，" Who is good at shouting?" But none of them answered "Yes ". So the scholar took the man in.
Some days later， Gong and his followers went on a trip. they came to a wide river and found the ferryboat was on the other side of the river. All of them had no idea. Suddenly， Gong thought of the shouting expert and turned to him， "Can you have a try?" The man realized it was the chance to show his skill. He shouted to the ferryman as loud as he could， "Hey， ferryman， e here， we want to cross the river." As his voice ended， the ferryman came to fetch them. Gong was very satisfied with the new follower.
Later， people use it to describe anyone who has a special professional skill.
一技之长
战国时期，赵国有位名士叫公孙龙。他手下聚集了许多有自我特长的门客。他常说："一个聪明人应当善于接纳每一个有自我特长的人。"
一天，有一个穿着很破烂的人来见他，并向他推荐自我："我有一项异常的`本领。"公孙龙就问道："什么本领?"那个人回答道："我声音异常大，很善于叫喊。"公孙龙听了，就转身问他旁边的门客："你们有谁善于叫喊?"结果没有一个人回答"是"。于是，他就收下了这个很善于叫的人作他的随从。
没过多久，公孙龙和他的门客一齐出外游玩。他们来到一条很宽的河边，发现渡船在河的另一头，所有人都不知怎样办好。突然，公孙龙想起他最近收的那个人的本领是善于叫，于是，他就转过头去对那人说："你大声叫对面的船夫，看能不能把他叫过来。"那人觉得展示他技能的时候到了，就尽力大声向对面喊：" 喂，船夫，过来，我们要过河。"当他叫声刚完，那对面的船夫就摇着船过来了。公孙龙对这个新收的门客十分满意。
之后，"一技之长"就用来形容一个人有一项特殊的本领。
简单的英语小故事（二十二）：
A farmer wanted to bring ten bags of rice to the market and sell them. He put five bags of rice on his horse and five bags of rice on his donkey.
The bags were very heavy， and soon the donkey became tired. "Please，" he said to the horse， "could you carry one of my bags for me? They're so heavy， and you are stronger than I am.
"No，" said the horse. "I serve the farmer， not you. He gave me five bags to carry， not six! _
You must do your job， and I must do mine."
The farmer， the horse， and the donkey continued walking under the hot sun. The poor donkey became more and more tired. Suddenly， he fell over at the side of the road.
The farmer tried to pull the donkey to his feet， but the donkey was too tired to move. Then the farmer took the donkey's five bags of rice and put them on the horse.
The horse realized he had made a big mistake. "If I had agreed to help the donkey，" he cried， "I'd only have to carry one extra bag. Now I must carry all ten!"
简单的英语小故事（二十三）：
It looked like rain. The sky was gray. It was almost noon， but the sun was hidden by a gray blanket. It was cool. There were no birds flying anywhere. A couple of birds sat on the telephone wire. Bob was standing outside talking to Bill. They both had their hands in their pockets. They knew that it was probably going to rain shortly. A sudden breeze blew some leaves off a tree onto the sidewalk.
A young woman wearing a dark blue coat and jeans walked by. She was walking a small dog. It was pure white， and pretty. It sniffed at a tree trunk. The woman waited patiently. Finally， the dog lifted its leg.
Bob said that he liked the rain. It was a nice change from the usual hot Los Angeles weather. And the plants could always use the extra water. Bill said the only thing he didn’t like about rain was that all the motor oil on the streets would get washed into the ocean， and so would all the trash.
"But that never stops the surfers，" Bob said. "They don’t seem to care what’s in the water， as long as there are waves to surf on."
简单的英语小故事（二十四）：
i do the normal routine， eat dinner， clean the house， write-the usual stuff. and then i lay down hoping to fall asleep quickly so my new day will hurry up and arrive. a new day with a brand new sun. but as i lay there and wait for the world to turn half way around， i think about her. and sometimes i smile， and sometimes that smile will turn into asnicker， and then often that snicker will turn into a burst of laughter.
我按平时的规律吃晚餐、打扫屋子、写作--做着日常事务。然后我躺下，期望能快点入睡，新的一天就能快点到来--拥有新生阳光的崭新的一天。可当我躺在那儿，等待着世界的`日夜回转时，我想到了她。有时我会笑起来，有时那微笑变成了窃笑，然后窃笑又常常变成爆笑。
简单的英语小故事（二十五）：
A child was careless Ramie stabbed， he rushed home and told his mother: "I only lightly Pengyi what， it was my painful thorns." Mom said: "Because of this， it will thorn you. if the next time you met Ramie， to a courageous and seize it， it will be in your hands bee soft as silk， you will no longer be stabbed. "
一个小孩不细心被苎麻刺了，他急忙跑回家，告诉母亲说：“我只轻轻地碰它一下，它就刺得我很痛。”母亲说：“正因为如此，它才会刺你。下次你如果再碰到苎麻，要勇敢地一把抓住它，它就会在你的手中变得柔软如丝，不再会刺伤你了。
简单的英语小故事（二十六）：
During the Warring States period(475-221B.C.)，Prince Mengchang of the State of Qi was fond of having various kinds of people as his hangers-on，the number of whom was said to have amounted to three thousand.Never refusing anyone who came to hime，he let the talented people do what they could and also offered food and lodging to the mediocre.Once，followed by his hangers-on，Prince Mengchang was sent on a diplomatic mission to the State of Qin.Attermpting to make him prime minister of the state of Qin，King Zhao of the State of Qin kept hime from leaving. Not daring to offend the king，Prince Mengchang stay here.He is a person of royal lineage，and has feud and family back in the State of Qi，How could he serve the State of Qin heart and soul?"The king thought it plausible，and changed his mind.He put Prince Mengchang and his hangers-on under house arrest，waiting to find an excuse to kill them.The king had an imperial concubine on whom he doted most，and he never refused her anything，Prince Mengchang sent a
man to her for help.The concubine promised to help if she could have the unique white fox fur coat of the State of Qi as her reward.Prince Mengchang was troubled，for he had already given it to the king of the State of Oin as a gift when he arrived here.Just then，one of the hangers-on said，"I can manage to get it .
"H " He left immediately.It turned out that this man was a skilled burglar who used to enter horses through the hole for dogs in the wall.He made an investigation first，and learned that the king was too fond of the fox fur coat to wear it and that the coat was kept in the choice storeroom in the palace.Eluding the patrol，he found his way easily in the moonlight into the storeroom and got the fur coat out.Seeing the coat，the concubine was extremely pleased，She tried every means to talk the king into giving up the idea of killing Prince Mengchang.The king also planned to give a farewell dinner to Prince Mengchang two days later before sending him back to the State of Qi..But Prince Mengchang did not dare to wait two more days.Mounting the horses，he and his men sped stealthily eastward that very night.It was just midnight when they arrived at the Hangu Pass(in today's Lingbao County in Henan Province，which was the east gate of the State of Qin).According to the laws of the State of Qin，the gate of the pas
s should not be opened until cocks crew in the morning.But how could they crow at midnight?They were very much worried when they heard a cock crowing.Immediately all the cocks inside and outside the pass followed the cock in crowing.It turned out that one other hanger-on could imitate the cock's crow very well，and the first crow was actually his imitation.
The guards of the pass felt it very strange to have heard the cocks' crow before they could hardly have had enough sleep.Nevertheless，they had to open the gate of the pass and let them go.At dawn，the king of the State of Qin learned that Prince Mengchang and his men had escaped.He immediately sent his troops to chase them.When the troops arrived.He immediately sent his troops to chase them.When the troops arrived at the Hangu Pass ，they had gone for a long time.With the help of those people who knew small tricks such as crowing like a cock and snatching like a dog，Prince Mengchang finally got back to the State of Qi.This story appears in"The Life of Prince Mengchang" in the Historical Records written by Sima Qian.Later，the set phrase"crowing like a cock and snatching like a dog" is used to refer to small tricks or people who know small tricks.
战国时候，齐国的孟尝君喜欢招纳各种人做门客，号称宾客三千。他对宾客是来者不拒，有才能的让他们各尽其能，没有才能的也供给食宿。
有一次，孟尝君率领众宾客出使秦国。秦昭王将他留下，想让他当相国。孟尝君不敢得罪秦昭王，只好留下来。不久，大臣们劝秦王说：“留下孟尝君对秦国是不利的，他出身王族，在齐国有封地，有家人，怎样会真心为秦国办事呢?”秦昭王觉得有理，便改变了主意，把孟尝君和他的手下人软禁起来，只等找个借口杀掉。
泰昭王有个最受宠爱的妃子，只要妃子说一，昭王绝不说二。孟尝君派人去求她救助。妃子答应了，条件是拿齐国那一件天下无双的狐白裘(用白色狐腋的皮毛做成的皮衣)做报酬。这可叫孟尝君作难了，因为刚到秦国，他便把这件狐白裘献给了秦昭王。就在这时候，有一个门说：“我能把狐白裘找来!”说完就走了。
原先这个门客最善于钻狗洞偷东西。他先摸清情景，明白昭王异常喜爱那件狐裘，一时舍不得穿，放在宫中的精品贮藏室里。他便借着月光，逃过巡逻人的眼睛，轻易地钻进贮藏室把狐裘偷出来。妃子见到狐白裘高兴极了，想方设法说服秦昭王放下了杀孟尝君的'念头，并准备过两天为他饯行，送他回齐国。
孟尝君可不敢再等过两天，立即率领手下人连夜偷偷骑马向东快奔。到了函谷关(在此刻河南省灵宝县，当时是秦国的东大门)正是半夜。按秦国法规，函谷关每一天鸡叫才开门，半夜时候，鸡可怎样能叫呢?大家正犯愁时，只听见几声“喔，喔，喔”的雄鸡啼鸣，之后，城关外的雄鸡都打鸣了。原先，孟尝君的另一个门客会学鸡叫，而鸡是只要听到第一声啼叫就立刻会跟着叫起来的。怎样还没睡蹭实鸡就叫了呢?守关的士兵虽然觉得奇怪，但也只得起来打开关门，放他们出去。
天亮了，秦昭王得知孟尝君一行已经逃走，立刻派出人马追赶。追到函谷关，人家已经出关多时了。
孟尝君靠着鸡鸣狗盗之士逃回了齐国。
故事出自《史记·孟尝君列传》。成语“鸡呜狗盗”比喻卑下的技能或具有这种技能的人。
简单的英语小故事（二十七）：
Laura went to the stable. Four horses stood there. She put a saddle on Star. He was seven years old， big and dark brown. Her sister came out to the stable. They were both going to exercise the horses. It was a warm， sunny day. Janice saddled up Moonbeam， a white mare. They got on the horses and started walking them.
A few minutes later， Laura was telling Janice about the new doctor in her hospital. She raised her hand for a second to make a point. Just then， Star bucked. Laura went flying into the air. She landed on her head and shoulder on the grass."Oh， my gosh!" Jan cried. "Laura， are you all right?"Laura moaned. Jan gently rolled her over.
She didn’t see any blood. That’s good， she thought."Can you move? You’re not paralyzed anywhere， are you?"Jan pulled Laura up into a sitting position. Laura slightly moved her legs and arms. She wasn’t paralyzed. When she moved her right hand to touch her head， she groaned."What’s the matter?""That hurt. When I moved my arm， it hurt."They still didn’t see any blood.
Jan unbuttoned the top buttons on Laura’s blouse and looked at Laura’s right collarbone."Oh， no，" she said.
简单的英语小故事（二十八）：
Once upon a time there were three foxes. They worked and lived happily. The youngest fox became lazy， and often quarreled with the other foxes， away her older brother and brother. The youngest fox lived happily in the warm house and enjoyed a great deal of food. The eldest brother reopened a small hillside for farming. The second man dug a pond， and soon they lived a rich life. The smallest fox ate all the food left by the fox， and at last he was cold and hungry， and could not even stand.
从前有三只狐狸，他们愉快地工作和居住在一齐。最小的狐狸又懒又坏，经常同其他的两只狐狸争吵，气走了它的大哥和二哥。最小的狐狸得意地住在温暖的房子里享受着丰富的'食品。老大重新开了一块小山坡种地。老二挖了池塘，不久他们过上了富裕的生活。最小的狐狸吃完了那些狐狸留下的所有食物，最终又冷又饿连站也站不起来。
简单的英语小故事（二十九）：
One day， a fox fell into a deep well and could not get out. A thirsty goat looked down into the well. He saw the fox. “How is the water?” asked the goat.
“The water is cool and delicious，” said the clever fox. “Come in and have a drink!” The goat was terribly thirsty. He jumped into the well without giving it a second thought. “But how will I get out?” asked the goat.
“We’ll help each other，” said the fox. “Put your front feet on the wall. I will climb up your back. Then I will help you get out.”
The goat agreed. He placed his feet on the wall. The fox quickly climbed out and started to run away. “Come back!” cried the goat. “I can’t get out of the well by myself!”
The fox turned back and said， “You silly old goat! Jump into the well was a foolish decision. You should always think twice before you act.”
简单的英语小故事（三十）：
Ignorance of the objective world
In the State of Lu， there was a couple of husband and wife， the former being an expert shoemaker and the latter a skilled hand in wearing taffeta. One day after consultations they decided to go to the state of Yue to earn a livelihood. The neighbors advised them not to go when they learned about their plan. "Don't go there，" said one neighbor， "If you go， you can never earn a livelihood."
"We cannot understand you，" interrogated the couple， "We have a find mand of our art， how could we not earn our living with our work? Don't make a fool of us， please."
"Indeed， you have your skill，" explained the man， "But have you taken notice of the fact that shoes are made for people and the silk taffeta are for hat-making? The people of Yue don't wear shoes， for they are barefooted. Again， they like to have their hair spread out over their heads and they never use hats. To whom should you sell your shoes and hats then?" Experienced though you are in the arts， yet the arts you have mastered are useless there."
After this explanation， the husband and wife now understood that anything that was not adaptable to the objective world would be useless and unpractical.
不合时宜
鲁国有对夫妻，男的是鞋匠，鞋子做的很好;女的是织绢能手。有一天，他们商量想到越国去谋生。消息传到四邻后，有人对他们说："不要到那儿去!否则你们必须无法生存的!"那对夫妇说："我们不明白你的`意思， 我们都有一套手艺，怎样 会生活不了呢?别胡说了!" 那人说："对呀，你们虽然都有一套手艺，可是你们要明白，鞋子是给人穿的，但越国人都赤脚不穿鞋子，你们织的丝绢原是做帽子用的，但越国人喜欢披着头发，不戴帽子，你们的本领虽大，手艺虽高，但你们做的鞋子、帽子去卖给谁呢?那对夫妇这才明白，凡事如果不合时宜，不适合客观环境就不中用了。
简单的英语小故事（三十一）：
Doing the rounds in the folk is a story， once upon a time there lived a king， and he sent neighbouring Sudan three appearance， size， and weight are exactly the same gold statue， and told the Sudan， their value is not the same. The king is to want to take this a few things to try the Sudan and his subjects is not clever.
Sudan received the unusual gifts， feel strange. Him to the king's palace to find out the statue to the difference， however， read and reread all around them， checked and checked， how also can not find out.
About the three gold statue of the news soon spread out in the city， from the old man to the child， not a don't know. A poor young man in a locked up in prison alone.so he told Sudan， as long as let him take a look at the three gold statue， he'll be able to tell the difference between them.
Sudan manded to bring the youth into the king's palace. He around the three gold statue back and forth to see it again， found their ears are drilling a eye. He picked up a straw， wear into the first statue of ears， straw emerged from his mouth. He wear straw into the second statue ears， straw and emerged from the other ear. He wear straw into the third when the ears of the statue， straw was it swallowed into the stomach， can not e.
So， young people began to say to Sudan:
"Your majesty! This a few gold statue and the characteristics of people. The first is like a statue sharp-tongued， he heard something， say it out soon， this kind of person can't depend on， so， this statue value a few money. The second is like a statue east out the ear， ear， this kind of person be unlearned， no skill， the value of money. The third statue is like a very cultured person， he can know all the things in the belly， so this is the most valuable statue."
Sudan， hear the word of the young people very happy， he bade on each statue write down the value of it， and gave them back to the king of neighboring countries. Since then， Sudan to the young people released from the prison， and leaving him in the side， problems in doubt， ask for his advice.
简单的英语小故事（三十二）：
A little panda picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home. but the pumpkin is too big. The panda can’t take it home. Suddenly she sees a bear riding a bike to ward her. she watches the bike. “ i know! I have a good idea.”She jumps and shouts happily， “i can roll a pumpkin. It like a wheel.”
So she rolls the pumpkin to her home. When her mother sees the big pumpkin， she is surprised，“oh， my god! How can you carry it home?”The little panda answers proudly，“I can ‘t lift it ，but I can roll it.”Her mother smiled and says，“ what a clever girl !Use you heard to do something，”
一只小熊猫摘了一只大南瓜，想把它拿回家。可是这只南瓜太大了，她没有办法把这么大的南瓜带回家。
突然她看见一只狗熊骑着一辆自行车朝她这边来。她看着自行车，跳着说：“有了!我有办法了。我能够把南瓜滚回家去。南瓜好像车轮。
于是她把那瓜滚回家。当她母亲看到这只大南瓜的`时候，很惊讶：“天啊!这么食的南瓜!你是怎样把它带回家来的?”小熊猫自豪地说;“我拎不动它，可是我能滚动它啊!”她母亲微笑着说：“真聪明啊!记住：只要你肯动脑筋，没有难办的事”。
简单的英语小故事（三十三）：
Jim went to the thrift shop. He wasn’t looking for anything in particular. He liked to go there just to browse. A big sign on the front door said OPEN. The shop was closed on Sunday and Monday. The rest of the week， it opened at 10 a.m. and closed at 2 p.m.
Two women worked inside. They rang up sales and put the items into plastic bags for the customers to carry out. At the back of the shop was a big room where another lady worked. She sorted the new donations and put price tags on them. At the end of each day， she would bring the new donations out to the main part of the shop.
Everyone who worked at the thrift shop was a volunteer. The only "payment" they received was that they had the opportunity to see， and buy， any items in the shop before the customers did.
When Jim entered， the lady at the register told him hello. He smiled and said hello. She knew Jim because he was a regular customer.
Jim said， "What’s new?"
She laughed and said that nothing was ever new at a thrift shop. "It’s always old and it’s always used，" she smiled.
Jim looked at the watches in the glass case. He saw one that he liked.
"Could I look at that one?" he asked.
简单的英语小故事（三十四）：
One day a crow stood on a branch near his nest and felt very happy with the meat in his mouth. At that time， a fox saw the crow with the meat， so he swallowed and eagerly thought of a plan to get the meat. However， whatever the fox said to the crow， the crow just kept silent. Until the fox thought highly of the crow’s beautiful voice， the crow felt flattered and opened his mouth to sing. As soon as the meat fell down to the ground， the fox took the meat and went into his hole.
简单的英语小故事（三十五）：
In tc tung at the age of 17， dizhou tong ningbo effect real high school want to enter oneself for an examination. This middle school in zhejiang province is a famous school， particularly high entrance scores， and years only recruit New Year 3 students. Home all advised him not to good to be true， but with confidence dizhou tong said: "I spell on a summer vacation， line!"
The examination results， tc tung indeed was admitted. He became effective real middle school the first ever new didn't go to school and earning grade three students.
There is， however， many people still in speculation， like dizhou tong village wretched exactly can work with. The first semester has passed， tc tung only 45 points average total score， English is too bad. He dropped out of school mobilization or demotion. He holds the tears， trying to read a semester again repeated requests to the principal classes. After school reluctantly agreed to， he is with amazing perseverance to overe learning difficulties. Morning before dawn， he would get up quietly， under the street light to read a foreign language; The classmates all slept at night， he still standing under the street light self-study lessons. Dean finds out， close the street lamp forced him into the house. He is unaware， proctor and ran to the toilet outside under the light of learning， the proctor also touched.
In this way， he finally came up to the second semester， the total average of 70 points， geometry also got 100 points. Until old age， tc tung also recalled， he said: "I know， I'm not stupid than others. Others can do it， after work I can also do it. The world of genius， is acquired at the cost of labor and sweat."
简单的英语小故事（三十六）：
Laura went to the stable. Four horses stood there. She put a saddle on Star. He was seven years old， big and dark brown. Her sister came out to the stable. They were both going to exercise the horses. It was a warm， sunny day. Janice saddled up Moonbeam， a white mare. They got on the horses and started walking them.A few minutes later， Laura was telling Janice about the new doctor in her hospital. She raised her hand for a second to make a point. Just then， Star bucked. Laura went flying into the air. She landed on her head and shoulder on the grass."Oh， my gosh!" Jan cried. "Laura， are you all right?"Laura moaned. Jan gently rolled her over. She didn’t see any blood. That’s good， she thought."Can you move? You’re not paralyzed anywhere， are you?"Jan pulled Laura up into a sitting position. Laura slightly moved her legs and arms. She wasn’t paralyzed. When she moved her right hand to touch her head， she groaned."What’s the matter?""That hurt. When I moved my arm， it hurt."They still didn’t se
e any blood. Jan unbuttoned the top buttons on Laura’s blouse and looked at Laura’s right collarbone."Oh， no，" she said.
简单的英语小故事（三十七）：
The Old Cat
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."
简单的英语小故事（三十八）：
One day， the beautiful mama and Papa went out to find food. The mother said， "the children must not go out and be careful about the wolf." the pig wants the wolf to be so terrible. When the wolf is out for a while， suddenly a wolf es out of the grass， the pig is caught by the wolf. The pig mother has found a lot of places to find， the mother of pigs wept sadly， the Mama Pig Daddy cried. He said， "the piglet will e back." the pig's fat legs were scratched by the terrible claw of the wolf.
The little pig cried for mother. When it cried， the wolf went to sleep. The pig ran away at that opportunity. The piglet knew I would not go out.
The pig later returned home happily， the pig mother saw the black pig， the body is still blood. The wolf wakes up， the stomach is hungry and cooing， when I want to eat the pig， the pig is long gone， very angry.
The little pig thought， "this idea almost killed me and let me escape from the wolf's mouth."
This is a terrible thing! It frightens the mother of pigs.
简单的英语小故事（三十九）：
During the Spring and Autumn Period(770-476B.C.).there was a man whose name was Yu Boya.Yu boya famous music master at that time， having a good mand of the temperament and superb skills in playing the musical instrument.He was bright and eager to learn when he was young.He had formally acknowledged several experts as his teachers，and his skills in playing the musical instrument had already reached a fairly high level.But he still felt that he could not superbly express the various things which had deeply impressed him.Knowing what was in his mind，his teacher took him to the penglai Island，a fabled abode of immortals，on the East China Sea by boat.On the island，his teacher let him enjoy the natural scenarios and listen to the roaring of the great waves.looking into the distance，Boya saw that the waves were turbulent and that the white breakers leapt skywards.Sea birds were circling in the air，and their crying was very pleasant to the ear.Trees were green and intriguing feeling welled up in his mind，as
if he had heard the harmonious and charming music of nature.He couldn't help taking his musical instrument and playing it .He followed his inclinations while he was playing，and incorporated the beautiful nature with his music，thus reaching a realm of thought he had never experienced before.Seeing this，the teacher said to hime，''You have mastered the art of playing."
Once，on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month，he was boating for sight-seeing.The moon was bright and a cool breeze was blowing gently.With myriads of thoughts welling up in his mind，he began to play the musical instrument.The melodious music became more and more beautiful when a man on the bank shouted "bravo!"Hearing the shouting，Boya came out of the boat，and saw a woodcutter standing on the bank.He knew that this man was keenly appreciative of his talents，because he understood his music.He immediately invited the woodcutter to his boat and ，full of zest，he played the musical instrument for him.When Boya played a piece of music eulogizing the high mountains，the woodcutter said，"wonderful!The melody is as magnificent and dignified as Mount Tai which reaches to the sky!"When he played a piece of music depicting the turbulent waves，the woodcutter said，"Wonderful!The melody is as vast and mighty as the great rivers!"Boya was excited，and siad，"Bosom friend!You are really my bosom friend!"That woodcut
ter was Zhong Ziqi.Since then，they had been very good friends.
This story appears in The Works of Lie Zi.From this story，people havederived the set phrase"high mountain and running water" to refer to understanding and appreciative friends.This set phrase is also used to refer to melodious music.
春秋时代，有个叫俞伯牙的人，精通音律，琴艺高超，是当时著名的琴师。俞伯牙年轻的时候聪颖好学，曾拜高人为师，琴技到达水平，但他总觉得自我还不能出神入化地表现对各种事物的感受。伯牙的教师明白他的想法后，就带他乘船到东海的蓬莱岛上，让他欣赏大自然的景色，倾听大海的波涛声。伯牙举目眺望，只见波浪汹涌，浪花激溅;海鸟翻飞，鸣声入耳;山林树木，郁郁葱葱，如入仙境一般。一种奇妙的感觉油然而生，耳边仿佛咯起了大自然那和谐动听的音乐。他情不自禁地取琴弹奏，音随意转，把大自然的美妙融进了琴声，伯牙体验到一种前所未有的境界。教师告诉他：“你已经学了。”
一夜伯牙乘船游览。应对清风明月，他思绪万千，于是又弹起琴来，琴声悠扬，渐入佳境。忽听岸上有人叫绝。伯牙闻声走出船来，只见一个樵夫站在岸边，他明白此人是知音当即请樵夫上船，兴致勃勃地为他演奏。伯牙弹起赞美高山的'曲调，樵夫说道：“真好!雄伟而庄重，好像高耸入云的泰山一样!”当他弹奏表现奔腾澎湃的波涛时，樵夫又说：“真好!宽广浩荡，好像看见滚滚的流水，无边的大海一般!”伯牙兴奋色了，激动地说：“知音!你真是我的知音。”这个樵夫就是钟子期。从此二人成了十分要好的朋友。
故事出自《列子·汤问》。成语“高山流水”，比喻知己或知音，也比喻音乐优美。
简单的英语小故事（四十）：
On a hill lived a gifted old man. He can answer any question raised by anyone. There are two children to fool the old man， they catch a bird， and asked him: "the bird is dead or alive?" the old man said: "the children without thinking， if I say the bird is alive， you will tighten your hand to kill it. If I say it's dead， you'll let go of your hand and let it fly away. The palm of your hand holds the power of life and death of the bird."
在一座山上，住着一个天才老人。他能回答任何人提出的问题。当地有两个小孩愚弄这个老人，他们捕捉了一只小鸟，问老人：“小鸟是死的还是活的?”老人不假思索地说：“小孩，如果我说小鸟是活的'，你就会勒紧你的手把它弄死。如果我说是死的，你就会松开你的手让它飞掉。你的手掌握着这只鸟的生死大权。”
简单的英语小故事（四十一）：
As long as fill the stomach， the animals are not afraid of anything. Eat a meal， can make them warm. Subcutaneous fat fat， is the warm down jacket. Even if the cold can penetrate fur and feathers， also absolutely can't get through the thick layer of fat under the skin.
If food is abundant， the winter is absolutely can't be afraid. But， where is the winter food? Where to find?
The Wolf and fox in the woods shot to shot， but very quiet in the woods， some animals and birds， had to shelter for the winter， others fly to other places.
During the day， only a crow flying in the woods; Night， the sable 暤 (hao) kept flying in the air， they are trying to look for food. But couldn't find anything!
The day of the forest can't! Hungry! Hungry as hell!
Mr Watt tip: tells the story of children， in the winter， the animals lack of food， can only rely on their thick fur and the accumulation of body fat to resist the cold winter， they are so hungry!
简单的英语小故事（四十二）：
A Shower Injury
Ben leaned over the edge of the tub. He turned on the hot and cold water faucets. The water came out of the spout near the top of the tub. He pushed down on the lever beneath the spout so that the water would drain. He was going to take a shower， not a bath.
He tested the temperature. It wasn’t hot enough. He adjusted the hot water faucet. There was another handle between the hot and cold faucets. This one controlled whether water came out of the spout or out of the shower head. Ben turned it all the way to the right. Now hot water was ing out of the shower head. The temperature was just right.
Ben took off his robe and stepped over the top of the tub. He pulled the shower door closed. He grabbed the bar of soap out of the soap dish and started scrubbing his face.
While his eyes were closed to keep out the soap， he put the soap back into the dish. Then he reached for the big plastic container of shampoo on his window ledge. The bottle slipped out of his hands and landed on his left foot.
"Shoot!" Ben said angrily. That hurt.
简单的英语小故事（四十三）：
A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam， the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living， and took up residence in the lakes and pools.
But cleansing his feathers as often as he would， he could not change their color， while through want of food he perished.
乌鸦十分羡慕天鹅洁白的羽毛。
他猜想天鹅必须是经常洗澡，羽毛才变得如此洁白无 瑕。于是，他毅然离开了他赖以生存的祭坛，来到江湖边。
他天天洗刷自我的羽毛，不但一 点都没洗白，反而因缺少食物饥饿而死。
简单的英语小故事（四十四）：
A guy goes to visit his grandma and he brings his friend with him.
一名男子带着朋友去探望他的祖母。
While he's talking to his grandma， his friend starts eating the peanuts on the coffee table， and finishes them off.
当他和祖母聊天时，他的朋友开始吃咖啡桌上放的花生，并把花生都给吃光了。
As they're leaving， his friend says to his grandma， "Thanks for the peanuts."
他们离开时，他的朋友对祖母说:"感谢您的花生。"
She says， "Yeah， since I lost my dentures I can only suck the chocolate off."
结果祖母说:"唉!自从我牙齿掉光后，我就只能吮掉花生豆外层的巧克力了。"
简单的英语小故事（四十五）：
The hostess apologized to her unexpected guest for serving an apple-pie without any cheese. The little boy of the family left the room quietly for a moment and returned with a piece of cheese which he laid on the guest's plate. The visitor smiled， put the cheese into his mouth and then said: "You must have better eyes than your mother， sonny. Where did you find the cheese?" "In the rat-trap， sir，" replied the boy.
由于客人在吃苹果馅饼时，家里没有奶酪了，于是女主人向大家表示歉意。这家的小男孩悄悄地离开了屋子。过了一会儿，他拿着一片奶酪回到房间，把奶酪放在客人的盘子里。 客人微笑着把奶酪放进嘴里说：“小孩，你的眼睛就是比你 母亲的好。你在哪里找到的奶酪?” “在捕鼠夹上，先生。”那小男孩说。
简单的英语小故事（四十六）：
Such a Long Dog
Once there was a blind. One day when he was walking， he stepped the head of the dog who was sleeping. The dog barked for a while. The blind man went on for miles， this time he stepped the other dog's tail， so this dog barked. The blind man had thought that it was the first dog， so he said in surprise， It's a wonder that the dog is so long.
如此长的狗
从前有个瞎子。一天，他正在行路时踩着了一只正在睡觉的狗的脑袋，狗汪汪汪地叫了一阵。这人又往前走，这回踩着的是另外一只狗的尾巴，狗又汪汪汪地叫起来。瞎子以为还是那条狗，惊诧地说：奇怪，这只狗可真够长的。
简单的英语小故事（四十七）：
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! Ive only one， but remember， that one is a lion.
一天清早，雌狐狸带着她的小孩走出巢穴，看见了母狮子和她的小孩。
为什么你仅有一个小孩，夫人?雌狐狸问，看我这群健康的小孩，如果有本事，一个骄傲的母亲应当多养一些小孩。
母狮平静地说：是呀，看看这漂亮的一大群，他们都是狐狸!我仅有一个，可他毕竟是一头狮子。
贵重的价值在于质，而不在于量。
简单的英语小故事（四十八）：
Two guys were walking through the jungle. All of a sudden， a tiger appears from a distance， running towards them. One of the guys takes out a pair of "Nikes" from his bag and starts to put them on. The other guy with a surprised look and exclaims， "Do you think you will run faster than the tiger with those?" His friend replies: "I don't have to out run it， I just have to run faster than you."
两个男人正在穿过丛林，突然，一只老虎出此刻远处，向他们冲来。 其中的一个人从包里拿出一双“耐克”鞋，开始穿上。另一个人惊奇地看着他说，“你以为穿上这个就能够跑得过老虎吗?” 他的朋友回答道：“我不用跑得过它，我只要跑得比你快就行了。”
简单的英语小故事（四十九）：
When the fox first saw1 the lion he was2 terribly3 frightened4. He ran5 away， andhid6 himself7 in the woods.
The second time， however8， he came9 near the lion. He stopped at a safe distance10， and watched him pass by.
The third time they came near one another.The fox went straight11 up to the lion， and stayed the whole12 day with him. He asked the lion how his family was， and when they would13meet again.
They soon became good friends.
狐狸第一次见到狮子时十分害怕，赶紧藏到森林里。
当他第二次遇到狮子时，则站在附近看狮子经过。
第三次遇到狮子时，他竟有胆量，走了上去，与狮子进行十分亲切的谈话。
不久，他们变成了好朋友。
简单的英语小故事（五十）：
bat falling upon the ground was caught by a weasel， ofwhom he earnestly besought his life. the weasel refused，saying， that he was by nature the enemy of all birds. thebat assured him that he was not a bird， but a mouse， andthus saved his life.
shortly afterwards the bat again fellon the ground， and was carght by another weasel， whom helikewise entreated not to eat him. the weasel said that hehad a special hostility to mice. the bat assured him thathe was not a mouse， but a bat; and thus a second timeescaped.it is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
一只蝙蝠坠落到地面上来，被一只鼠狼捉住了，蝙蝠哀求讨饶。鼠狼不答应，说它自我最爱和鸟类为敌。蝙蝠便证明它自我不是鸟，只是一只老鼠，所以鼠狼就放了它。
不久这只蝙蝠又坠落到地上来，被另一只鼠狼捉住，它同样地哀求讨饶。那鼠狼说它自我最恨老鼠，蝙蝠证明自我并不是老鼠，而是一只蝙蝠;所以，它第二次又安然地逃离危险了。随机应变乃聪明之举。
简单的英语小故事（五十一）：
Little boy and scorpion son
There is a child in front of city wall to catch the grasshopper， and in a short while caught the lots of.Suddenly see a scorpion son， he to think is also grasshopper，
Then two go to catch him.The scorpion son raises his poison to stab， say:" e， if you really dare to do like this， connect your grasshopper that catch to also would entirely lose."
This story warns people， and want to distinguish the pure good man with the bad person， and distinct to treat them.
小男孩与蝎子
有个小孩在城墙前捉蚱蜢，一会儿就捉了许多。忽然看见一只蝎子，他以为也是蚱蜢，
便着两手去捕捉他。蝎子举起他的毒 刺，说道：“来吧，如果你真敢这样做，就连你捉的蚱蜢也会统统失掉。”
这故事告诫人们，要分辨清好人和坏人，区别对待他们。
简单的英语小故事（五十二）：
The Ass and the Grasshopperan
Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping， was highly enchanted; and， desiring to possess the same charms of melody， demanded what sort of food they lived on， to give them such beautiful voices。 They replied， "The dew。" The Ass resolved that he would only live upon dew， and in a short time died of hunger。
驴和蚱蜢
一只驴听到几只蚱蜢在叫，便觉得很趣味;于是也想得到同样趣味的音调，便问蚱蜢吃什么东西过活，以致于能有这样优美的声音。蚱蜢说：「露水。」驴子听了，从此以后也单吃露水过活，不久便饿死了。
简单的英语小故事（五十三）：
Plugging One’s Ears While Stealing a Bell
Once upon a time， there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbor’s doorbell。 However， he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other people’s attention as long as he touched the bell。 So he thought hard and suddenly hit on a clever “idea”。 He plugged his ears with something， thinking that everything would go well when he stole the bell。 Unfortunately to his disappointment， the bell still rang loudly and he was caught on the spot as a thief。
掩耳盗铃
从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，可是他明白一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人发现。他想啊想，最终他想出一个“妙招”，他把自我的耳朵用东西塞起来，就听不见铃声了。可是当他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住 。
简单的英语小故事（五十四）：
The Crow and The Pitcher
A crow felt very thirsty. He looked for water everywhere. Finally， he found a pitcher.
But there was not a lot of water in the pitcher. His beak could not reach it. He tried again and again， but still could not touch the water.
When he was about to give up， an idea came to him. He took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher.
Then he took another and dropped it in.
Gradually， the water rose， and the crow was able to drink the water.
口渴的乌鸦
一只乌鸦口渴了，到处找水喝。最终，他找到了一个大水罐。
然而，水罐里面的水并不多，他的尖嘴够不到水面，他试了一次又一次，都没有成功。
就在他想放下的时候，他突然想到一个主意。乌鸦叼来了一块小石子投到水罐里，之后又叼了一块又一块石头放进去。
渐渐地，水面升高了。乌鸦高兴地喝到了水。
寓意：有些东西虽然看起来微不足道，但如果积少成多，便会带来很大变化。
简单的英语小故事（五十五）：
The miser and his gold Once upon a time there was a miser。 He hid his gold under a tree。 Every week he used to dig it up。
One night a robber stole all the gold。 When the miser came again， he found nothing but an empty hole。
He was surprised， and then burst into tears。All the neighbors gathered around him。
He told them how he used to e and visit his gold。
"Did you ever take any of it out?" asked one of them。 "No，" he said， "I only came to look at it。" "Then e again and look at the hole，" said the neighbor， "it will be the same as looking at the gold。"
守财奴
从前，有个守财奴将他的金块埋到一棵树下，每周他都去把他挖出来看看。
一天晚上，一个小偷挖走了所有的金块。 守财奴再来查看时，发现除了一个空洞什么都没有了。
守财奴便捶胸痛哭。哭声引来了邻居他告诉他们那里原先有他的金块。
问明了原因后，一个邻居问：“你使用过这些金块吗?” “没用过，” 他说，“我只是时常来看看。”“那么，以后再来看这个洞，”邻居说，“就像以前有金块时一样。”
简单的英语小故事（五十六）：
Two guys were walking through the jungle. All of a sudden， a tiger appears from a distance， running towards them. One of the guys takes out a pair of "Nikes" from his bag and starts to put them on. The other guy with a surprised look and exclaims， "Do you think you will run faster than the tiger with those?" His friend replies: "I don't have to out run it， I just have to run faster than you."
两个男人正在穿过丛林，突然，一只老虎出此刻远处，向他们冲来。 其中的一个人从包里拿出一双“耐克”鞋，开始穿上。另一个人惊奇地看着他说，“你以为穿上这个就能够跑得过老虎吗?” 他的朋友回答道：“我不用跑得过它，我只要跑得比你快就行了。”
简单的英语小故事（五十七）：
Wolf and egret
The wolf mistake swallowed a piece of bone， very suffered， running about， look for to visit the doctor everywhere。He met the egret， and talk to settle the service fees to invite him to take out the bone， egret to stretch in the wolf's throat the own head， and the 叼 outs bone， then toward to settle the good service fees wolfThe wolf answer says:" hello， friend， you can since the wolf 嘴 take back the head in the peace ground， and the difficult way return the dissatisfied foot， and how and still speak the guerdon?"
This story elucidation， guerdon badly person act charitably， and is a bad person of cognition and does not speak the reputation's innate character。
狼与鹭鸶
狼误吞下了一块骨头，十分难受，四处奔走，寻访医生。他遇见了鹭鸶，谈定酬金请他取出骨头，鹭鸶把自我的头伸进狼的喉咙里，叼出了骨头，便向狼要定好的酬金。狼回答说：“喂，朋友，你能从狼嘴里平安无事地收回头来，难道还不满足，怎样还要讲报酬？”
这故事说明，对坏人行善的报酬，就是认识坏人不讲信用的本质。
简单的英语小故事（五十八）：
A waggoner was once driving a heavy load on a very muddy road.
一名车夫赶着货车沿着一条十分泥泞的小路前行。
Suddenly the wheels of the wagon sank into the mire， and the horse could not pull them out.
突然，马车的轮子陷入了泥潭，马无法将它们拉出来。
The waggoner threw down his whip. He knelt down and prayed to Hercules. “Hercules， help me，please，“ he said.
车夫扔下鞭子，跪在地上，祈求大力神出现，“大力神啊，请来帮忙我。”他说。
But Hercules appeared to him， and said， “Man， don’t kneel there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.“
大力神出现了，却说：“朋友，用你的肩膀把车轮扛起来，再驱赶马拉车出来。跪在那里祈求我有什么用呢?”
简单的英语小故事（五十九）：
In the Warring States Period， Duke Wei of Qi neglected state affairs， for the first three years of his reign， giving himself over to dissipation. One of his ministers， Chun Yukun who had a good sense of humour， said to him: 'There is a big bird which has neither taken wing nor sung for three years.' The duke answered， 'Once that bird starts to fly and sing， it will astonish the world.' The duke thereupon devoted himself to his duties and built his state up into a powerful one.
战国时代，齐威王即位后做了三年国君，只顾享乐，不理政事。有个善于说笑话的人叫淳于髡，一天对齐威王说：“城里有一只大鸟，三年不飞也不叫，你明白这是什么道理?”齐威王说：“这鸟不飞则罢，一飞就冲天;不鸣则罢，一鸣就惊人。”在淳于髡的激发下，齐威王开始治理国家，取得很大成绩，齐国的声威一向坚持了几十年。
简单的英语小故事（六十）：
Fox is with the grape
Hungry of the fox see the grape to up hang the radiant and extremely keen grape of a string， saliva direct current， and want to pick to eat， but again
Can not take off.See in a short while， helplessly walked， and his side walk the side oneself to fort to by oneself say:" this grape have noes familiar， affirmative Is sour."
This is to say， and the some person's ability is small， and do to not acplish anything， borrow to say the opportune moment immaturity.
狐狸和葡萄
饥饿的狐狸看见葡萄架上挂着一串串晶莹剔透的葡萄，口水直流，想要摘下来吃，但又摘不到。
看了一会儿，无可奈何地走了，他边走边自我安慰自我说：“这葡萄没有熟，肯定是酸的。”
这就是说，有些人本事小，做不成事，就借口说时机未成熟。