2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A HOUND started a Hare from his lair, but after a long run, gave
up the chase.
A goat-herd seeing him stop, mocked him, saying
"The little one is the best runner of the two."
The Hound

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

The Hare was once boasting of his speed before the other
animals.
"I have never yet been beaten," said he, "when I put
forth my full speed.
I challenge any one here to race with me

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

The Hares were so persecuted by the other beasts, they did not
know where to go.
As soon as they saw a single animal approach
them, off they used to run.
One day they saw a troop of wild
Horses s

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

THE HARES harangued the assembly, and argued that all should be
equal.
The Lions made this reply:
"Your words, O Hares! are
good; but they lack both claws and teeth such as we have."

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

One day a countryman going to the nest of his Goose found
there an egg all yellow and glittering.
When he took it up it was
as heavy as lead and he was going to throw it away, because he
thought a

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

AN OWL, accustomed to feed at night and to sleep during the day,
was greatly disturbed by the noise of a Grasshopper and earnestly
besought her to stop chirping.
The Grasshopper refused to
desist,

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A MAN once kept a Goat and an Ass.
The Goat, envying the Ass on
account of his greater abundance of food, said, "How shamefully
you are treated:
at one time grinding in the mill, and at anot

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

ALL the Goods were once driven out by the Ills from that common
share which they each had in the affairs of mankind; for the Ills
by reason of their numbers had prevailed to possess the earth.
The

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A GOATHERD had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock.
He whistled and sounded his horn in vain; the straggler paid no
attention to the summons.
At last the Goatherd threw a stone,
and br

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A GOATHERD, driving his flock from their pasture at eventide,
found some Wild Goats mingled among them, and shut them up
together with his own for the night.
The next day it snowed very
hard, so t

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A GNAT settled on the horn of a Bull, and sat there a long time.
Just as he was about to fly off, he made a buzzing noise, and
inquired of the Bull if he would like him to go.
The Bull
replied, &

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A GNAT came and said to a Lion, "I do not in the least fear you,
nor are you stronger than I am.
For in what does your strength
consist? You can scratch with your claws and bite with your tee

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

A MAN had two Gamecocks in his poultry-yard.
One day by chance
he found a tame Partridge for sale.
He purchased it and brought
it home to be reared with his Gamecocks.
When the Partridge was
put

2008-02-10 所属栏目:英语故事

THE GEESE and the Cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a
birdcatcher came to ensnare them in his nets.
The Cranes, being
light of wing, fled away at his approach; while the Geese, being
sl

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A gaunt Wolf was almost dead with hunger when he happened to
meet a House-dog who was passing by.
"Ah, Cousin," said the Dog.
"I knew how it would be; your irregular life will soon

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

THE DOLPHINS and Whales waged a fierce war with each other.
When
the battle was at its height, a Sprat lifted its head out of the
waves and said that he would reconcile their differences if they
w

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

SOME DOGS, finding the skin of a lion, began to tear it in pieces
with their teeth.
A Fox, seeing them, said, "If this lion were
alive, you would soon find out that his claws were stronger th

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

SOME DOGS famished with hunger saw a number of cowhides steeping
in a river.
Not being able to reach them, they agreed to drink
up the river, but it happened that they burst themselves with
drinki

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A FOX entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all
his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a
human head.
He placed his paws on it and said, "What a beautiful
h

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A DOG and a Cock being great friends, agreed to travel together.
At nightfall they took shelter in a thick wood.
The Cock flying
up, perched himself on the branches of a tree, while the Dog
found

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

THE FOX and the Leopard disputed which was the more beautiful of
the two.
The Leopard exhibited one by one the various spots
which decorated his skin.
But the Fox, interrupting him, said,
"A

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A FOX saw a Lion confined in a cage, and standing near him,
bitterly reviled him.
The Lion said to the Fox, "It is not thou
who revilest me; but this mischance which has befallen me."

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard
till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which
had been trained over a lofty branch.
"Just the thing to quench
my

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A FOX swimming across a rapid river was carried by the force of
the current into a very deep ravine, where he lay for a long time
very much bruised, sick, and unable to move.
A swarm of hungry
blo

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A FOX caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail.
Thereafter, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule
to which he was exposed, he schemed to convince all the other
Foxes