2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

An Ant, going to a river to drink, fell in, and was carried along in
the stream. A Dove pitied her condition, and threw into the river a
small bough, by means of which the Ant gained the shore. The

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

A DOVE shut up in a cage was boasting of the large number of
young ones which she had hatched.
A Crow hearing her, said:
"My
good friend, cease from this unseasonable boasting.
The larger
t

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

An Eagle was soaring through the air when suddenly it heard
the whizz of an Arrow, and felt itself wounded to death.
Slowly
it fluttered down to the earth, with its life-blood pouring out of
it.

2008-02-05 所属栏目:英语故事

AN EAGLE, flying down from his perch on a lofty rock, seized upon
a lamb and carried him aloft in his talons.
A Jackdaw, who
witnessed the capture of the lamb, was stirred with envy and
determined

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A DOE hard pressed by hunters sought refuge in a cave belonging
to a Lion.
The Lion concealed himself on seeing her approach,
but when she was safe within the cave, sprang upon her and tore
her to

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A RICH MAN gave a great feast, to which he invited many friends
and acquaintances.
His Dog availed himself of the occasion to
invite a stranger Dog, a friend of his, saying, "My master gives

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A TROUBLESOME CROW seated herself on the back of a Sheep.
The
Sheep, much against his will, carried her backward and forward
for a long time, and at last said, "If you had treated a dog in
th

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A PRINCE had some Monkeys trained to dance.
Being naturally
great mimics of men's actions, they showed themselves most apt
pupils, and when arrayed in their rich clothes and masks, they
danced as

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A CROW was jealous of the Raven, because he was considered a bird
of good omen and always attracted the attention of men, who noted
by his flight the good or evil course of future events.
Seeing
s

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A CROW in great want of food saw a Serpent asleep in a sunny
nook, and flying down, greedily seized him.
The Serpent, turning
about, bit the Crow with a mortal wound.
In the agony of death,
the b

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A CROW caught in a snare prayed to Apollo to release him, making
a vow to offer some frankincense at his shrine.
But when rescued
from his danger, he forgot his promise.
Shortly afterwards,
again

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A Crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a Pitcher which had
once been full of water; but when the Crow put its beak into the
mouth of the Pitcher he found that only very little water was left
in i

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A CRAB said to her son, "Why do you walk so one-sided, my child?
It is far more becoming to go straight forward."
The young Crab
replied:
"Quite true, dear Mother; and if you will

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A CRAB, forsaking the seashore, chose a neighboring green meadow
as its feeding ground.
A Fox came across him, and being very
hungry ate him up.
Just as he was on the point of being eaten,
the Cr

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a
precious stone and exclaimed:
"If your owner had found thee, and
not I, he would have taken thee up, and have set thee in thy
fir

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A cock was once strutting up and down the farmyard among the
hens when suddenly he espied something shinning amid the straw.
"Ho! ho!" quoth he, "that's for me," and soon rooted

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A CHARGER, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a
mill instead of going out to battle.
But when he was compelled
to grind instead of serving in the wars, he bewailed his change
of f

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A COBBLER unable to make a living by his trade and made desperate
by poverty, began to practice medicine in a town in which he was
not known.
He sold a drug, pretending that it was an antidote to

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A CERTAIN HOUSE was overrun with Mice.
A Cat, discovering this,
made her way into it and began to catch and eat them one by one.
Fearing for their lives, the Mice kept themselves close in their
h

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house.
One day
he met a friend, a Fuller, and entreated him to come and live
with him, saying that they should be far better neighbors and
that th

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A CAT, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing
dressed himself up as a physician, and, taking his cane and a bag
of instruments becoming his profession, went to call on them.
He
kno

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A CAT caught a Cock, and pondered how he might find a reasonable
excuse for eating him.
He accused him of being a nuisance to men
by crowing in the nighttime and not permitting them to sleep.
The

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A FISHERMAN, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast
and captured a great haul of fish.
He managed by a skillful
handling of his net to retain all the large fish and to draw them
to th

2008-02-04 所属栏目:英语故事

A CAT fell in love with a handsome young man, and entreated Venus
to change her into the form of a woman.
Venus consented to her
request and transformed her into a beautiful damsel, so that the
y

2008-02-03 所属栏目:英语故事

SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the
water and began to pelt them with stones.
They killed several of
them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water,
cried