2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

By an unlucky chance a Fox fell into a deep well from which he
could not get out.
A Goat passed by shortly afterwards, and asked
the Fox what he was doing down there.
"Oh, have you not heard

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A FOX invited a Crane to supper and provided nothing for his
entertainment but some soup made of pulse, which was poured out
into a broad flat stone dish.
The soup fell out of the long bill
of t

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A Fox once saw a Crow fly off with a piece of cheese in its
beak and settle on a branch of a tree.
"That's for me, as I am a
Fox," said Master Reynard, and he walked up to the foot of th

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A Fox was boasting to a Cat of its clever devices for escaping
its enemies.
"I have a whole bag of tricks," he said, "which
contains a hundred ways of escaping my enemies."

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

One moonlight night a Fox was prowling about a farmer's
hen-coop, and saw a Cock roosting high up beyond his reach.
"Good
news, good news!" he cried.

"Why, what is that?" sai

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A FOWLER, taking his bird-lime and his twigs, went out to catch
birds.
Seeing a thrush sitting upon a tree, he wished to take
it, and fitting his twigs to a proper length, watched intently,
having

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A FOX was mounting a hedge when he lost his footing and caught
hold of a Bramble to save himself.
Having pricked and grievously
tom the soles of his feet, he accused the Bramble because, when
he h

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A FLY sat on the axle-tree of a chariot, and addressing the
Draught-Mule said, "How slow you are! Why do you not go faster?
See if I do not prick your neck with my sting."
The Draught-Mu

2008-02-06 所属栏目:英语故事

A Lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to
dwell.
Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came
near they turned their tails to one another, so that whichever way
he

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

It happened that a Fisher, after fishing all day, caught only
a little fish.
"Pray, let me go, master," said the Fish.
"I am
much too small for your eating just now.
If you put me

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

A FISHERMAN skilled in music took his flute and his nets to the
seashore.
Standing on a projecting rock, he played several tunes
in the hope that the fish, attracted by his melody, would of
their

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

A FIR-TREE said boastingly to the Bramble, "You are useful for
nothing at all; while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses."
The Bramble answered:
'You poor creature, if you would on

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

A Fisher once took his bagpipes to the bank of a river, and
played upon them with the hope of making the fish rise; but never
a one put his nose out of the water.
So he cast his net into the
river

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

A YOUNG FAWN once said to his Mother, "You are larger than a dog,
and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as
a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you s

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

TWO GAME COCKS were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the
farmyard.
One at last put the other to flight.
The vanquished
Cock skulked away and hid himself in a quiet corner, while the
conqueror

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

A MAN had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the
other to a tile-maker.
After a time he went to the daughter who
had married the gardener, and inquired how she was and how all
thing

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

A FATHER had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling
among themselves.
When he failed to heal their disputes by his
exhortations, he determined to give them a practical illustration
of th

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

ONE WINTER a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold.
He
had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom.
The Snake was quickly revived by the warmth, and resuming its
natu

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

A FARMER placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a
number of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed.
With them he
trapped a Stork that had fractured his leg in the net and was
earnestly

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

SOME CRANES made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newly
sown with wheat.
For a long time the Farmer, brandishing an
empty sling, chased them away by the terror he inspired; but when
the bir

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

A FARMER, who bore a grudge against a Fox for robbing his poultry
yard, caught him at last, and being determined to take an ample
revenge, tied some rope well soaked in oil to his tail, and set
it

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

AN EAGLE made her nest at the top of a lofty oak; a Cat, having
found a convenient hole, moved into the middle of the trunk; and
a Wild Sow, with her young, took shelter in a hollow at its foot.
T

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

A FATHER, being on the point of death, wished to be sure that his
sons would give the same attention to his farm as he himself had
given it.
He called them to his bedside and said, "My sons,

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

AN EAGLE, overwhelmed with sorrow, sat upon the branches of a
tree in company with a Kite.
"Why," said the Kite, "do I see you
with such a rueful look?'
"I seek," she rep

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

AN EAGLE and a Fox formed an intimate friendship and decided to
live near each other.
The Eagle built her nest in the branches
of a tall tree, while the Fox crept into the underwood and there
prod