英语寓言故事（精选11个）
引导语：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。这些故事中蕴含着不同的人生哲理，需要我们好好学习，领悟其中的道理。
英语寓言故事 1
Making His Mark 刻舟求剑
A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isnt this a very foolish way to look for a sword?
楚国有个人坐船渡江时，他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。他马上掏出一把小刀，在宝剑落水的.船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后，那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。他怎么找得到宝剑呢?船继续行驶，而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑，真是太愚蠢可笑了。
英语寓言故事 2
Draw a Snake and Add Feet to It 画蛇添足
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 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。
英语寓言故事 3
Plugging Ones Ears While Stealing a Bell 掩耳盗铃
Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbors doorbell. However, he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other peoples 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.
从前，有一个人想偷邻居门上的铃，但是他知道一碰到铃，铃就会响起来，被人发现。他想啊想，终于他想出一个"妙极"，他把自己的耳朵用东西塞起来，就听不见铃声了。但是当他去偷铃时，铃声仍旧响起来，他被别人当场抓住。
英语寓言故事 4
To Pull up the Seedlings to Help Them Grow 拔苗助长
Once upon a time, there was an old farmer who planted a plot of rice. After he planted the seedlings, every day he went to the field to watch the seedlings grow. He saw the young shoots break through the soil and grow taller each day, but still, he thought they were growing too slowly. Eventually he got impatient with the young plants and suddenly he hit upon an idea that one by one, he pulled up the young plants by half an inch. The next early morning, the young man couldnt wait to check his "achievement", but he was heart-broken to see all the pulled-up young plants dying.
从前，有个农夫，种了稻苗(seedlings)后，便希望能早早收成。每天他到稻田时，都发觉那些稻苗长得非常慢。他等得很不耐烦。想了又想，他终于想到一个"最佳方法"，他将稻苗全都拔高了几分。第二天，一早起身，他迫不及待地去稻田看他的"成果"。 哪知，却看到所有的稻苗都枯萎了。
英语寓言故事 5
太阳和北风
Once The Sun and The Wind happened to have a quarrel。 Both of them claimed to be stronger。 At last they agreed to have a trial of strength。
从前，太阳和风吵了起来。它们都觉得自己更强大。最后它们决定比试比试，看看到底谁更强。
“Here comes a traveler。 Let us see who can strip him of his cloak。” said the Sun。
“看，来了一个旅行的人。我们来看看谁能让他脱下衣服。”太阳说。
The Wind agreed and did choose to have the first turn。
风同意了，决定它先来。
He blew in the hardest possible way。
风使出最大的'劲儿刮了起来。
As a result， the traveler wrapped his cloak even more tightly around him。
结果，旅行者把自己的衣服裹得更紧了。
Then it was the turn of the Sun。 At first he shone very gently。 The sun went on shining brighter and brighter。 The traveler felt hot。
然后，轮到太阳了。刚开始，他很温柔，然后他越来越亮，旅行者感到热了。
Before long he took off his cloak and put it in his bag。
不久，他就脱下了外套，把外套放进了包里。
The Wind accepted his defeat。
风认输了。
Moral： Fury or force cuts no ice where gentleness does the job。
暴力无法解决的事情，温柔也许可以做到。
英语寓言故事 6
狮子和小老鼠
Once upon a time there lived a lion in a forest。 One day after a heavy meal， it was sleeping under a tree。 After a while， there came a mouse and it started to play on the lion。
从前，有一只狮子住在森林里。有一天，它在饱餐一顿之后，在一棵树下休息。过了一会儿，来了一只小老鼠，它跑到了狮子身上玩耍。
Suddenly the lion got up with anger and looked for those who disturbed its nice sleep。 Then it saw a small mouse standing， trembling with fear。 The lion jumped on it and started to kill it。
突然，狮子醒了，它非常生气地看着这个打扰了自己美梦的小老鼠。它看到这个小老鼠害怕得站在那里颤抖着。狮子跳了起来，想要吃掉它。
The mouse requested the lion to forgive it。 The lion felt pity and left it。 The mouse ran away。
小老鼠请求狮子原谅它，狮子起了怜悯之心，于是就走了。小老鼠跑走了。
On another day， the lion was caught in a net by a hunter。 The mouse came there and cut the net。 Thus it escaped。
又是一天，狮子被一个猎人用网抓住了。老鼠过去帮它把网弄开了。狮子逃了出来。
There after， the mouse and the lion became friends。 They lived happily in the forest afterwards。
从此以后，狮子和老鼠成了好朋友，它们快乐地一起生活在森林里。
Moral： A friend in need is a friend indeed。
俗语：患难见真情。
英语寓言故事 7
How a Farmer Saved the Snake（农夫和蛇）
"Oh, little snake. Why aren"t you at home in such cold weather? Look, you"re freezing. Poor you!"
The farmer thought some more to himself. "What can I do for you? Make a fire to warm you? No, it"s snowing so hard, and I have only a very small bundle of wood. Besides, my family is waiting for the wood to cook."
The farmer turned round and round anxiously and then said, "I know! I"ll put you under my clothes. It"s warm there." He unbuttoned his clothes and put the snake inside, against his chest.
Some time later, the snake came to life gradually.
The warmth of the old farmer had not changed its cruel nature. It opened its mouth and bit right into the farmer"s chest.
"Oh, my god! How cruel you are! I saved you, but you bit me. Why?" As he was saying this, he took out the snake and threw it on the ground.
But the farmer was already poisoned and was dying. Only at this time did he realize that he had done something wrong. "I took pity on him, but he bit me in return."
农夫和蛇
在一个大雪纷飞的夜晚，一个农夫砍柴回家，在路上发现了一条冻僵了的'响尾蛇。
"乖乖，这么冷的天你怎么不待在洞里，跑到外边来了呢？看把你冻成这个样子，多可怜呀！"农夫自言自语道："怎么办呢？我用火给你烤烤。可是不行啊，这么大的雪，我就砍了这一小捆柴火，家里还等着用呢。"
农夫焦急地转来转去。"有了，我把你放在怀里，不是也很暖和吗？"于是，农夫解开坏，把冻僵的响尾蛇揣在了怀里。
过了一个时辰，响尾蛇慢慢地苏醒过来了，但是它恢复了本性，狠狠咬了农夫一口。
"哎呀，你这个坏东西，我救活了你，你怎么还咬我呢？"农夫说着，把响尾蛇掏出来扔到了一边。
可是农夫中了蛇毒。他奄奄一息，临死的时候才明白过来，说道："我怜惜恶人，可是恶人的本性难改，不会怜惜我呀！"
这个故事是说：对恶人即使仁至义尽，其本性也是不会改变的。
英语寓言故事 8
An old woman heard that the young lady living next door had lost her earrings2, and went to comfort her.
The lady said light heartedly "It doesnt matter that the earrings are lost, for as long as the ears exist, there is nothing to regret."
The puzzled old woman asked, "Isnt your earring1 made of jade3? It is costly4! So costly a thing is lost, dont you regret it?" to which she replied, "Ears are valuable, not because they are adorned5 with earrings but because they have the ability to hear. To ears, it does not add or decrease anything, whether earring exists or not."
一位老太太听说邻居的少妇丢了耳环,便去安慰她。
少妇不以为然地说:“耳环丢了不算什么,只要耳朵还在就没什么可以遗憾的。”
老太太疑惑地问:“你的.耳环不是玉石做的吗?那东西很值钱的呀。这么值钱的东西丢了,你不感到可惜吗?”少妇回答说:“耳朵之所以宝贵,是因为它能听声音,而不是因为佩戴了值钱的耳环。耳环的存亡对于耳朵来说,并没有增加或者减少什么。”
英语寓言故事 9
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 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.
A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isnt this a very foolish way to look for a sword?
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.
Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal his neighbors doorbell. However, he knew clearly that the bell would ring and catch the other peoples 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.
英语寓言故事 10
ONE day an Opossum who had gone to sleep hanging from the highest branch of a tree by the tail, awoke and saw a large Snake wound about the limb, between him and the trunk of the tree.
"If I hold on," he said to himself, "I shall be swallowed; if I let go I shall break my neck."
But suddenly he bethought himself to dissemble. "My perfected friend," he said, "my parental instinct recognises in you a noble evidence and illustration of the theory of development. You are the Opossum of the Future, the ultimate Fittest Survivor of our species, the ripe result of progressive prehensility - all tail!"
But the Snake, proud of his ancient eminence in Scriptural history, was strictly orthodox, and did not accept the scientific view.
英语寓言故事 11
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 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。
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