2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

The Frogs were living as happy as could be in a marshy swamp
that just suited them; they went splashing about caring for nobody
and nobody troubling with them.
But some of them thought that
this w

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

Two Frogs lived together in a marsh. But one hot summer the marsh
dried up, and they left it to look for another place to live in: for
frogs like damp places if they can get them. By and by they ca

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

ONCE UPON A TIME, when the Sun announced his intention to take a
wife, the Frogs lifted up their voices in clamor to the sky.
Jupiter, disturbed by the noise of their croaking, inquired the
cause

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A FOX, running before the hounds, came across a Woodcutter
felling an oak and begged him to show him a safe hiding-place.
The Woodcutter advised him to take shelter in his own hut, so the
Fox crep

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

"Oh Father," said a little Frog to the big one sitting by the
side of a pool, "I have seen such a terrible monster!
It was as
big as a mountain, with horns on its head, and a long t

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms and
seemed very good friends.
So the Fox invited the Stork to dinner,
and for a joke put nothing before her but some soup in a very
shallow

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

It happened that a Fox caught its tail in a trap, and in
struggling to release himself lost all of it but the stump.
At
first he was ashamed to show himself among his fellow foxes.
But
at last he

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A FOX and a Monkey were traveling together on the same road.
As
they journeyed, they passed through a cemetery full of monuments.
"All these monuments which you see," said the Monkey, &

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A Fox after crossing a river got its tail entangled in a bush,
and could not move.
A number of Mosquitoes seeing its plight
settled upon it and enjoyed a good meal undisturbed by its tail.
A hedge

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A YOUNG MAN, a great spendthrift, had run through all his
patrimony and had but one good cloak left. One day he happened
to see a Swallow, which had appeared before its season, skimming
along a po

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A STAG, roundly chased by the hounds and blinded by fear to the
danger he was running into, took shelter in a farmyard and hid
himself in a shed among the oxen. An Ox gave him this kindly
warning:

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A HARE pounced upon by an eagle sobbed very much and uttered
cries like a child. A Sparrow upbraided her and said, "Where now
is thy remarkable swiftness of foot? Why were your feet so slow?&

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A STAG overpowered by heat came to a spring to drink. Seeing his
own shadow reflected in the water, he greatly admired the size
and variety of his horns, but felt angry with himself for having
suc

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

Having received an order for twenty yards of silk from Princess
Lioness, the Silkworm sat down at her loom and worked away with
zeal. A Spider soon came around and asked to hire a web-room near
by.

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A SICK STAG lay down in a quiet corner of its pasture-ground.
His companions came in great numbers to inquire after his health,
and each one helped himself to a share of the food which had been
pl

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A KITE, sick unto death, said to his mother: "O Mother! do not
mourn, but at once invoke the gods that my life may be
prolonged." She replied, "Alas! my son, which of the gods do y

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A Lion had come to the end of his days and lay sick unto death
at the mouth of his cave, gasping for breath. The animals, his
subjects, came round him and drew nearer as he grew more and more
help

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A SHEPHERD once found the whelp of a Wolf and brought it up, and
after a while taught it to steal lambs from the neighboring
flocks. The Wolf, having shown himself an apt pupil, said to the
Shephe

2008-02-13 所属栏目:英语故事

A SHIPWRECKED MAN, having been cast upon a certain shore, slept
after his buffetings with the deep. After a while he awoke, and
looking upon the Sea, loaded it with reproaches. He argued that
it

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A FLEA settled upon the bare foot of a Wrestler and bit him,
causing the man to call loudly upon Hercules for help.
When the
Flea a second time hopped upon his foot, he groaned and said, "O
H

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A NUMBER of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been
overturned in a housekeeper's room, and placing their feet in it,
ate greedily.
Their feet, however, became so smeared with the
ho

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A MAN, very much annoyed with a Flea, caught him at last, and
said, "Who are you who dare to feed on my limbs, and to cost me
so much trouble in catching you?'
The Flea replied, "O my de

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A FLEA thus questioned an Ox:
"What ails you, that being so huge
and strong, you submit to the wrongs you receive from men and
slave for them day by day, while I, being so small a creature,
m

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A FISHERMAN who lived on the produce of his nets, one day caught
a single small Fish as the result of his day's labor.
The Fish,
panting convulsively, thus entreated for his life:
"O Sir, wh

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

SOME FISHERMEN were out trawling their nets.
Perceiving them to
be very heavy, they danced about for joy and supposed that they
had taken a large catch.
When they had dragged the nets to the
shor